Posted on April 23, 2013, at 9:25 am .
Jean-Yves Le Gall
PARIS (CNES PR) – The French government has appointed Jean-Yves Le Gall as the new President of the Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), the French space agency.
Born in 1959, Jean-Yves Le Gall graduated from the École Supérieure d’Optique engineering school in 1981 and obtained a doctorate in engineering from Paris-Sud University in 1983. He began his career in 1981 as a CNES grantee/researcher at the LAS space astronomy laboratory, attached to the French scientific research centre CNRS.
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Posted on April 5, 2013, at 7:41 am .
AMSTERDAM (SXC PR) – Haven’t we all ever dreamed of being able to fly weightlessly and freely through the air one day?
As of the 15th of March 2013, this incomparable sensation is not something only possible in childhood comic book or science fiction heroes, but to everyone.
Thanks to the close collaboration with Spaceport Sweden and with the presence of a host of honor – Mr. Jean-François Clervoy, Chairman of Novespace and ESA astronaut – our own heroes — Ms. Aysal, Mr. Gal and Mr. Shapiro — were among the first private passengers to go through this life-changing experience.
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Posted on December 5, 2012, at 6:32 am .
Paris, 4 December 2012 (Novespace PR) – - Who has never dreamed of emulating the astronauts or their childhood comic book or science fiction heroes, flying weightlessly and freely through the air?
Continue reading ‘Commercial Zero G Flights Come to Europe’
Posted on June 24, 2011, at 12:31 pm .
The 'Zero-G" Airbus A300
Zero-gravity experience lifts off at Le Bourget
AFP
Once available only to astronauts and scientists, the weightless experience is about to become a bit more accessible, provided you’ve got the cash.
Novespace managing director and ex-astronaut Jean-Francois Clervoy announced Tuesday that he plans to offer commercial flights, including one before the end of this year.
Final approval from France’s civil aviation authority is pending, and the price tag — provisionally set at 4,000 euros (5,700 dollars) — has yet to be finalized.
But Clervoy envisions half-a-dozen sorties a year with 40 passengers each starting in 2012. It would be only the third such commercial service in the world, along with one in the United States and one in Russia.
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Posted on February 7, 2009, at 8:17 pm .
DLR Zero G Flight Campaign 2009
SpaceMart
As the Airbus moves through the upper part of this curve, weightlessness occurs for a short period – up to 22 seconds. Parabolic flights provide scientists with a unique opportunity to conduct their experiments in weightless conditions without actually having to fly into space.
Continue reading ‘DLR Pursues Zero G Research Opportunities on Parabolic Flights’
Posted on November 12, 2008, at 12:17 am .
$4,000 to ride weightless on Europe’s “Darebus”
Reuters
“Europe plans to enter the fledgling space tourism market by offering a chance to experience weightlessness to help pay for scientific research.
With Europe’s space ambitions facing a budget squeeze due to the weak economy, the plan to mix science with adventure was unveiled during a ‘zero G’ flight for European officials on a converted Airbus jet…
“Novespace, a unit of France’s CNES space agency and the 17-nation European Space Agency, claims to be leading the field in scientific deployment with a converted Airbus A300 jetliner.”
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