Defying gravity

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Updated On Mar 15, 2013 09:46 pm IST

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Some of the 40 civilian passengers of the Airbus A330 Zero-G board for the first zero gravity flight for paying passengers in Europe. (AFP)

Updated on Mar 15, 2013 09:46 pm IST

Some of the 40 civilian passengers of the Airbus A330 Zero-G board for the first zero gravity flight for paying passengers in Europe. (AFP)

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Civilian passengers of the Airbus A330 Zero-G at the airport in Merignac, before the first zero gravity flight for paying passengers in Europe. (AFP)

Updated on Mar 15, 2013 09:46 pm IST

Civilian passengers of the Airbus A330 Zero-G at the airport in Merignac, before the first zero gravity flight for paying passengers in Europe. (AFP)

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Civilian passengers of the Airbus A330 Zero-G enjoy the weightlessness during the first zero gravity flight for paying passengers in Europe. (AFP)

Updated on Mar 15, 2013 09:46 pm IST

Civilian passengers of the Airbus A330 Zero-G enjoy the weightlessness during the first zero gravity flight for paying passengers in Europe. (AFP)

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Civilian passengers of the Airbus A330 Zero-G enjoy the weightlessness during the first zero gravity flight for paying passengers in Europe. All boarding cards, costing 6,000 euros, were sold for the years 2013 and 2014. (AFP)

Updated on Mar 15, 2013 09:46 pm IST

Civilian passengers of the Airbus A330 Zero-G enjoy the weightlessness during the first zero gravity flight for paying passengers in Europe. All boarding cards, costing 6,000 euros, were sold for the years 2013 and 2014. (AFP)

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A man throws water as civilian passengers of the Airbus A330 Zero-G, who are not astronauts nor scientists, enjoy the weightlessness during the first zero gravity flight for paying passengers in Europe. (AFP)

Updated on Mar 15, 2013 09:46 pm IST

A man throws water as civilian passengers of the Airbus A330 Zero-G, who are not astronauts nor scientists, enjoy the weightlessness during the first zero gravity flight for paying passengers in Europe. (AFP)

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Civilian passengers of the Airbus A330 Zero-G listen to the President of Novespace Jean-Francois Clervoy (C) during a preparation meeting at the headquarters of Novespace near the airport in Merignac in Europe. (AFP)

Updated on Mar 15, 2013 09:46 pm IST

Civilian passengers of the Airbus A330 Zero-G listen to the President of Novespace Jean-Francois Clervoy (C) during a preparation meeting at the headquarters of Novespace near the airport in Merignac in Europe. (AFP)

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An Airbus A330 Zero-G sits on the tarmac at the Bordeaux-Merignac airport in southwestern France, before the first zero gravity flight for paying passengers in Europe. (AFP)

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An Airbus A330 Zero-G sits on the tarmac at the Bordeaux-Merignac airport in southwestern France, before the first zero gravity flight for paying passengers in Europe. (AFP)

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Yves Pleindoux, one of the civilian passengers of the Airbus A330 Zero-G, who are not astronauts nor scientists, poses with his boarding pass at the headquarters of Novespace near the airport in Merignac, before the first zero gravity flight for paying passengers in Europe. (AFP)

Updated on Mar 15, 2013 09:46 pm IST

Yves Pleindoux, one of the civilian passengers of the Airbus A330 Zero-G, who are not astronauts nor scientists, poses with his boarding pass at the headquarters of Novespace near the airport in Merignac, before the first zero gravity flight for paying passengers in Europe. (AFP)

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Civilian passengers of the Airbus A330 Zero-G, who are not astronauts nor scientists, enjoy the weightlessness during the first zero gravity flight for paying passengers in Europe. (AFP)

Updated on Mar 15, 2013 09:46 pm IST

Civilian passengers of the Airbus A330 Zero-G, who are not astronauts nor scientists, enjoy the weightlessness during the first zero gravity flight for paying passengers in Europe. (AFP)

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