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>> one of the hard things about duration of bodies in space is the dealing of weightlessness and gravity. one way to create gravity is to spin things. if you take a bucket of water or paint, and you spin it, and you notice that the wear the stays pressed up against the bucket, because you are accelerating it, so you can artificially recreate it that makes you feel like you are in gravity to create a centrifuge, but to do that, it requires a large structure, and we havent done that up here on the...

The plane makes a steep climb and practically dives for about 30 seconds. >> we have to lie on our backs. were about to do the first parabola called a martian. were going to be at about one-third of our body weight when this thing hits the peak and starts descending. >> when the plane dives were at zero gravity. some of us adjust better than others. this is my pathetic attempt at a backflip. later i crash into our photojournalist phil lyttleton. im no match for this guy or this teacher practical...

Some of us adjust better than others. this is my pathetic attempt at a backflip. later i crash into our pho photojournalist. some have strong enough bearing to conduct real experiments while the rest of us are floating uncontrollably. [ inaudible ] >> after 30 seconds of weightlessness, youve got to hit the floor. we do a dozen perabalas. the goal? make science more attractive to kids. they came up with this because of what they call a crisis in american industry. >> is it true theyre falling be...

Worms. iran is not giving details except that it will come back to earth, and officials in iran implying that the animals survived. observers think it is more about prestige and rocket researchp saying there is little other value to such a mission. u.s. launched monkeys and a dog into space. an important advance came two years later when the u.s. launched a monkey named sam. he experienced three minutes of weightlessness before he parachuted successfully to earth. and a chimp name was in space b...

Spaceship 2. its going to go in a freefall for a little bit and then the pilots are going to ignite the rocket engine. a critical moment and a critical distinction for this spacecraft. this is flown entirely by the pilots, very different than some of the other suborbital spacecraft companies spaceships. from then, spaceship 2 is going to rocket up into space, and then right when it hits the peak, youre going to see those few minutes of weightlessness. and, brian, one of the most amazing things a...

America, a lifelong dream became reality. sir richard brunson, along with two pilots and three other virgin galactic employees, were transported to the spaceship unity, tethered to the mother eve. then, take off. this is the moment hes been waiting for, after 16 years and hundreds of millions of pounds, sir richard ranson is now on his way to space. forjust underfour richard ranson is now on his way to space. forjust under four minutes, the experience weightlessness and enjoy it if of planet ear...

Off for the first time to the edge of space. a space ship called spaceship 2, is about the side of an executive joe and will take off from new hampshire. its named the "vss unity" compared by a larger plane to an altitude about 50 thousand feet above, from there it will be released. the rocket plane motor will ig nikd carrying it into launch position, about 50 miles from earth. at that point the pilot and crew will be able to exit their seats to enjoy sweeping votes of this big blue marble, expe...

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S spaceship at around 40,000 feet. the rocket will ignite and take branson, two pilots, and three others on a 2,400-mile-per-hour ride, more than 50 miles up to touch the inner edge of space, as defined by the u.s. military and nasa. the crew will experience a few minutes of weightlessness, before gliding back to earth. >> when you are up there, the spaceship will turn -- turn over and -- and these enormous windows, ones going to be able to float around and look back at earth. >> reporter: if su...

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