Stephen Hawking one step closer to space

Parapalegic Professor Stephen Hawking is scheduled to become weightless on April 26th. By following a parabolic up and down flight at 30,000 feet aboard a California based Boeing 727-200 owned by Zero Gravity Corp., the passengers and objects on board the aircraft will experience half a minute of weightlessness when at the top of the parabola.



According to Hawking, one of the goals before he dies is to travel into space. This goal might be accomplished with the help of billionaire Sir. Richard Branson who founded Virgin Galactic.