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NASA's Reduced Gravity Program provides the unique weightless or zero-G environment of space flight for testing and training of human and hardware reactions. NASA used the turbojet KC-135A to run these parabolic flights from 1963 to 2004.
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Modified link of Web site: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - Aviation. Sep 26, 2026
Noted that the museum also has SpaceShipOne in its collection. Feb 01, 2022
Noted that in 2018 the museum began a yearslong renovation of the building on the Mall. Jul 23, 2020
Add new Web site: Smithsonian Institution - A History of National Air and Space Museum. Dec 25, 2019
In discussion of the Udvar-Hazy Center's collection, changed "the space shuttle Enterprise" to "the space shuttle Discovery." May 19, 2017
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Adventure - National Air and Space Museum. Feb 13, 2009
New article added. Nov 17, 2008
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