Florida Space Authority News Release (reprinted with permission)

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2006 Drawing for Weightlessness Flight at Florida Space Exhibit
Florida exhibit to have 20 partners at National Symposium

March 7, CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – Have you ever dreamed of flying like superman? This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity just might be yours if you visit the Florida Space Exhibit at the National Space Symposium (NSS), April 3-6, in Colorado Springs, Col.

A drawing for a Weightlessness Flight on Zero Gravity’s Boeing 727 aircraft named G-FORCE ONE™ will be given to one lucky NSS participant. The free drawing will be held on April 6.

The Weightless Flight experience involves training with an expert flight coach and then boarding G-FORCE ONE™ to fly a parabolic flight maneuver. Specially trained pilots fly these maneuvers between approximately 24,000 and 34,000 feet altitude. Each parabola takes 10 miles of airspace to perform and lasts approximately one minute from start to finish.

Twenty Florida space-related businesses are joining the Florida Space Authority as exhibit partners at the NSS. The Florida Space Exhibit invites all NSS participants to visit booth #505, sign up for the drawing, and learn about the programs and services offered by these key space-related companies including Zero Gravity, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University/TeachSpace, Enterprise Florida Inc., Lunar Rocket & Rover Co. Inc., the 2006 Florida Space Business Award Winner, 321 MediaGroup, Astronaut Memorial Foundation, Belmont Publishing, Brandt Ronat & Company, BRPH, C&C International Computers and Consultants, Coleman Aerospace, Creative Management Technology, Inc., Dynamac, Florida Aerospace Finance Corp., Florida Tech, SpaceTEC, SGT, Inc., United Paradyne Corporation and Wyle Labs.

“We are excited about offering this opportunity for a lucky NSS participant to experience weightlessness, like the astronauts do in space,” said CAPT Winston Scott, Florida Space Authority executive director and former astronaut. “We invite all NSS participants to visit the Florida Space exhibit and meet our space-related partners who are joining us at the Symposium.”

For more information about the Florida Space Authority, visit www.FloridaSpaceAuthority.com.

Photos: The Florida Space Exhibit and a ZeroGravity participant experiences a Weightlessness Flight

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