Ecuador boy sets zero-G flight record

User rating: 2.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)

In this photo released by Ecuadors Civil Space Aviation Agency Jules Nader 7 center floats with his brother Gerard Nader 10 bottom left and friend Julia Velastegui 17 behind right during a zero-gravity flight in an air force plane in Guayaquil Ecuado ...
In this photo released by Ecuador's Civil Space Aviation Agency, Jules Nader, 7, center, floats with his brother Gerard Nader, 10, bottom left, and friend Julia Velastegui, 17, behind right, during a zero-gravity flight in an air force plane in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Thursday, June 19, 2008. Nadar became the youngest passenger ever aboard a zero-gravity flight, setting a new Guinness World Record. (AP Photo/Ecuador Civil Space Aviation Agency)

(AP) -- A 7-year-old Ecuador boy has become the youngest passenger ever aboard a zero-gravity flight.


Full story »

All News summaries from General Science news
All News summaries for June 21, 2008