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Weightlessness before space
The 6 new astronauts recruited by the ESA, European Space Agency, a year ago are right in the middle of their training. Here, we see 4 of them getting used to weightlessness during parabolic flights aboard Novespace’s Zero-G Airbus on 7 May 2010. From left to right (in blue): Timothy Peake, Andreas Mogensen, Thomas Pesquet and Samantha Cristoforetti.
Credit: ESA - A. Le Floc’h

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