Australia just flew its own 'vomit comet'. It's a big deal for zero-gravity space research - The Conversation Australia & New Zealand

A freefalling ‘parabolic flight’ launched from Essendon airport is a leap for home-grown space science in Australia.

Last Saturday, a two-seater SIAI-Marchetti S.211 jet took off from Essendon Fields Airport in Melbourne with an expert aerobatic pilot at the controls and a case full of scientific experiments in the… [+5347 chars]

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