Flight Day #1 Zero G

Unbelievable experience today! Mrs. Wright and Mr. Hammond got to fly with their experiment in zero gravity. We did a total of 30 Parabolas in zero G, one in Lunar gravity, and one in Martian gravity. Each parabola gave us between 20 & 25 seconds of weightlessness and we had to work fast. It took us a few parabolas to get used to the sensation enough to focus on our science. But soon, we were like a well oiled machine with Mrs. Wright working the glove box and Mr. Hammond on the timer and trying to avoid flying feet! Our balloon experiment went great and we can tell you that helium and argon float like everything else in zero gravity! We also discovered that static electricity has much more influence "pull" in zero G then it does in Earth's gravity. It was great to see Lake View students and teachers today via video conference. We have some very interesting data to bring back to school. Mrs. Lewis will be flying tomorrow so stay tuned. Jiji gets to fly twice! Take a look at our video clip from inside the plane.