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is proudly featuring 1812 N. Moore Street in Rosslyn. After a turbulent two years, a Ballston-based weightless flight company named ZERO-G is once again ready for take-off. The company, with its administrative headquarters at 4601 N. Fairfax Drive, announced a recent financing round led by private equity firm Rock Mountain Capital. ZERO-G’s CEO Matt Gohd said this investment will help purchase another plane, add more takeoff cities for its consumer flight program, and support the company’s renowned weightless research lab. Founded in 1995, ZERO-G chartered its first specially modified Boeing 727 boasting a “microgravity experience” in 2004, and has since hosted scientists and celebrities from Stephen Hawking and Buzz Aldrin to Kate Upton and Martha Stewart. Early investors and riders included Tesla founder Elon Musk and Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google. ZERO-G has also conducted 211 research missions on its Federal Aviation Administration-approved planes, ....
Zero Gravity Corporation Announces Investment From Private Equity Firm Rock Mountain Capital Space entertainment and tourism company will use instrumental contribution to expand weightless flight operations; Welcomes investment expert David Stonehill to board of directors News provided by Share this article (ZERO-G), a weightless flight company offering the country s only microgravity experience, announced a recent financing round led by Rock Mountain Capital (RMC), a private equity firm working with entrepreneurs and management teams in consumer goods and services, TMT and healthcare. RMC s investment will help further the commercial development of ZERO-G s consumer flight program and the company s renowned weightless research lab. ....
It s a once in a lifetime commercial flight opportunity offered by the Zero Gravity Corporation. Space is no longer, and certainly weightless, is no longer a third-hand experience, said Ray Cronise, co-founder of ZERO-G. The space entertainment and tourism company is making space adventure available to anyone at a reasonable price. Because having space is something that can be a commercial endeavor that everyone can enjoy, Cronise said. Not just creating hero astronauts; not just the elite people that get to go, but actually everybody be able to go. Space enthusiasts get to experience the free-falling ride inside G-Force One. ....