2007-2008 Photos
The experiment is strapped in and Ben and John are ready to be weightless.
Ben having a good time in microgravity.
John has to hang on the experiment to stay close.
Lisa, Adam, and Jess have a great time working with the expermient on flight day 2.
The feeling of being weighless in incredible.
Jess floats upside-down.
The flyers with the C-9.
NASA's planes fly out of Johnson Space Center's Ellington Field. Pictured are two T-38s used for Astronaut training and transportation.
The program is a great opportunity for students to see many of NASA's facilities. Pictured is Mission Control for the International Space Station.
Historic Mission Control. This is the actual mission control that was used for the Apollo 11 moon lading.
Brent sits at the Flight Director's station in historic mission control.
At 40 feet deep, the Neutral Buoyancy Lab (NBL) is the largest pool in the world and is used to train astronauts for space walks.
Adam sits at the pilot seat inside the Space Shuttle simulator.
The Saturn V rocket sent astronauts to the moon during the Apollo missions.
Team members with just one of the 5 massive engines of the Saturn V.
2006-2007 Photos
Finishing up the experiment in the Hangar in Houston. For more experiment photos, see the experiment page.
The experiment is finished and ready to fly. From left to right: Ben, Curtis, Lisa, Stephen, Eric, John.
This is inside the C-9B. There are seats in the back for use during takeoff and landing, and the rest of the plane is open and padded.
John and Ben are ready for weightlessness.
The plane comes to the top of it's climb and John and Ben experience zero gravity for the first time.
John floats to the ceiling and Ben hovers above the floor
Floating
Ben having a good time in zero gravity
Eric and Lisa begin to rise
Zero gravity is an incredible feeling
Lisa spinning
Lisa, Eric and the other students on the flight return to Earth after quite an experience
John, Ben and the others on their flight also had a great time. The experiment was a success.
It's time to turn in those flight suits and return to Madison after a fun and successful trip
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