 zero gravity corporation (also known as zero-g) is an american company based in arlington, virginia, formerly of fort lauderdale, florida, which operates weightless flights from united states airports. unlike nasa, zero-g is governed under part 121 of faa regulations (as are all us commercial passenger and cargo airlines) enabling the company to cater to both tourists and researchers alike. ==history== founded by entrepreneur peter diamandis, astronaut byron k. lichtenberg, and nasa engineer ray cronise, the company has been operating weightless flights since 2004. a number of notable passengers have been on weightless flights run by the company, including penn jillette and teller, martha stewart, burt rutan, buzz aldrin, and john carmack. theoretical physicist stephen hawking also completed a shortened flight on april 26, 2007.stephen hawking's zero-g flight booked, cbs news, march 1, 2007 in april 2006, zero-g became the first commercial company to gain permission from the kennedy space center to use its space shuttle runway and landing facilities.http://www.gozerog.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=about.history on april 21, 2007, it began regular flights from las vegas for the general public at ticket prices of usd $3,675. good morning america aired promotional footage{{cite web | title = weightless thrill ride | date = 2007-04-20 | url = http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerindex?id=3067157 | accessdate = 2007-04-23 }
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