Couple Plans To Marry In Zero G Ceremony

Noah Fulmor and Erin Finnegan have been together since 2002, but even before they met, they shared a dream of space travel. As children, both wanted to be astronauts: Erin attended space camp in Michigan, while Noah volunteered at his local planetarium. Although they are currently living relatively earth-bound lives, the idea of space came up again following their engagement in 2008. "When we started talking about marriage, Noah joked that we should have our wedding 'in space,'" Erin said. "Although most girls would take this to mean Noah didn't want to get married, I knew he was sincere, and that this was a serious request." And so, the couple turned to ZERO-G for the next best thing: On June 20th, they will say their vows in microgravity (file photo, below) aboard G-FORCE ONE.

Fulmor and Finnegan, along with their entire wedding party, will fly like superman and flip like an Olympic gymnast as the ceremony takes place in zero gravity. Each ZERO-G mission is designed for maximum fun and these nuptials will be no exception. Over the span of nearly eight minutes, vows and rings will be exchanged in a microgravity environment.

They will become the first bride and groom to be married in zero gravity. Richard Garriott, the sixth private explorer in history to go to space and the first second-generation U.S. astronaut, will officiate the ceremony. G-FORCE ONE, ZERO-G's specially modified Boeing 727-200 aircraft, will depart from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, FL for the milestone occasion.

The couple plans to re-broadcast the ceremony on their Web site.

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