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NASA Center: Headquarters
Image # : B-59-349
Date : 1959

Title

Mercury Astronauts in Weightless Flight on C-131 Aircraft

Full Description

Astronauts in simulated weightless flight in C-131 aircraft flying "zero-g" trajectory at Wright Air Development Center. Weightless flights were a new form of training for the Mercury astronauts and parabolic flights that briefly go beyond the Earth's tug of gravity continue to be used for spaceflight training purposes. These flights are nicknamed the "vomit comet" because of the nausea that is often induced.

Keywords

Mercury C-131 Training Astronaut vomit comet

Subject Category

Astronauts, Mercury-Astronaut, Mercury-Program

Reference Numbers

  • Center: HQ
  • Center Number: B-59-349
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2002-000039

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

ResolutionFormatWidth
(Pixels)		Height
(Pixels)		Size
(KBytes)
Thumbnail JPEG 80 58 6
Small JPEG 570 411 141
Medium JPEG 1335 964 697
Large JPEG 2671 1928 4,405

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