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The British physicist Stephen Hawking has taken off on a zero-gravity flight in a specially modified plane.
Professor Hawking, who suffers from motor neurone disease, was able to float free, unrestricted by his paralysed muscles and his wheelchair.
The flight took off around 1930 (1830 GMT) and was expected to last an hour.
The modified Boeing 727 jet simulates the experience of weightlessness as it performs 25-second plunges over the Atlantic Ocean.
US firm Zero Gravity normally charges a fee of £1,915 ($3,750) for its passengers, but that fee has been waived for the Cambridge physicist.
Professor Hawking, who suffers from motor neurone disease, was able to float free, unrestricted by his paralysed muscles and his wheelchair.
The flight took off around 1930 (1830 GMT) and was expected to last an hour.
The modified Boeing 727 jet simulates the experience of weightlessness as it performs 25-second plunges over the Atlantic Ocean.
US firm Zero Gravity normally charges a fee of £1,915 ($3,750) for its passengers, but that fee has been waived for the Cambridge physicist.
So old Dr Spazz-Chariot is riding the vomit comet
Seriously. . . This has kept me chuckling all day!