"With the Aurelia Horizon 2022 mission, we are building the future in space we want to see by inviting a diverse set of fliers to experience these flights and, more importantly, bringing them together to see each other, learn from each other, and feel invested in one another’s success," says Dr. Aurelia’s Horizon mission brings different goals, projects, and cultures into one place. Since the 1950s there’s a rich history of zero gravity flights being used for training, research, and recreation-though as a rule, chartered flights tend to focus on one or the other. Parabolic flights offer unique opportunities for experience and experimentation in microgravity. Each flier boarded the plane with a unique purpose: a research project, a storytelling goal, an artifact or artwork to create or display. Over the course of 90 minutes, the Horizon fliers aboard ZeroG Corp’s G-Force One vessel experienced 20 parabolas of lunar, Martian, and zero gravity, each lasting about 20 seconds-the closest possible approximation to being off-planet. Included on the flight manifest: 25 people with backgrounds and expertise ranging from traditional Polynesian voyaging to music to product design to engineering as well as a broomstick, a piano keyboard, coconut-fiber sennit, a plant habitat, a CubeSat, and numerous items of personal and cultural significance. On May 22, 2022, Aurelia Institute’s inaugural Horizon zero gravity flight took off from Pease Airport in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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