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Tue, May 31, 2011

Zero-G Gets Safety Approval From FAA Office Of Commercial Space Transportation

Allows Company To Conduct Reduced Gravity Parabolic Flights For Commercial Crew Qualifications

Zero Gravity Corporation (Zero-G) has received a Safety Approval from the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation. The Safety Approval, granted on 20 April 2011 and in effect for five years, allows Zero-G to offer reduced gravity parabolic flight profiles to prospective suborbital launch operators to meet the applicable components of the crew qualification and training requirements outlined in the Code of Federal Regulations.

These regulations require crew members to complete training on how to carry out their roles on board or on the ground and to demonstrate the ability to withstand the stresses of spaceflight, which may include high acceleration or deceleration, microgravity, and vibration.

“Zero-G is pleased to have been granted this Safety Approval issued by the FAA for suborbital spaceflight training. Parabolic flight will be an integral training system for crew and passengers in the growing suborbital market,” said Terese Brewster, president of Zero-G.

The FAA has determined that Zero-G has the ability to provide a flight environment capable of replicating reduced gravity levels. These profiles include 0.00 g +/- 0.05 g for 17 continuous seconds, 0.16 g +/- 0.05 g for 20 continuous seconds and 0.38 g +/- 0.05 g for 20 continuous seconds.

Dr. George Nield, Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation at the FAA, congratulated Zero-G on receiving the Safety Approval. “The training that Zero-G offers with its parabolic aircraft flights provides an outstanding opportunity for crewmembers to experience firsthand the reduced gravity environment that is so uniquely associated with spaceflight. By allowing crewmembers to have that experience prior to launch, it will definitely help them to be better prepared for their missions,” he said.

“Not only does Zero-G have the capability of preparing crew and passengers for spaceflight, the company also offers the scientific community the opportunity to reduce the risk of experiment failure prior to launch,” added Ms. Brewster. “Parabolic flight is the critical first step in achieving space research objectives. The Zero-G Weightless Lab increases the probability that equipment will perform to specification and experiment protocols will be successful while in space.”

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