Weightless flight thrills Hawking

From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: April 27, 2007| Author: Mike Schneider Associated Press | Copyright information

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking savored weightlessness Thursday, flipping in the air after years of being able to make only tiny facial movements. But he hopes it's only the appetizer.

"Space, here I come," Hawking said after going on a two-hour jet flight that creates 25-second bursts of weightlessness for its passengers by making parabolic plunges.

The jet made eight dives for Hawking, his physicians and nurses and two dozen others. During two of the ...

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