Zero Gravity Corporation Flies First Commercial Research Experiment On Private Weightless Flight

LOS ANGELES —September 17, 2004— Zero Gravity Corporation (ZERO-G®) today announced that it flew its first research customer, Tethers Unlimited.

Tethers Unlimited is an aerospace company based in Seattle, Wash., focusing on the use of tethers in orbit.

“Tethers Unlimited is proud to be ZERO-G’s first research customer,” said Dr. Robert P. Hoyt, president, CEO and chief scientist, Tethers Unlimited Inc. “Our ZERO-G experience showed that experiments often behave a little differently than one would expect.  If you want to ensure that your experiment will work in space, a test flight with ZERO-G can be invaluable.”

Dr. Hoyt added, “The quality of the zero-g was excellent and the customer service superb. That is the most fun I have ever had at work!” 

“We are very proud to have given excellent, quality parabolas to our first research customer, Tethers Unlimited,” said Dr. Peter Diamandis, founder, chairman and CEO, Zero Gravity Corporation.  “We hope other aerospace and scientific customers who desire zero-g, Lunar and Martian gravity will contact us.  We are ready to give commercial customers excellent service at a competitive price and can fly on their schedule.”

About Zero Gravity Corporation
Zero Gravity Corporation (ZERO-G®, http://www.nogravity.com/) is a privately held space entertainment and tourism company whose mission is to make the excitement and adventure of space accessible to the public.  ZERO-G is the first and only FAA-approved provide of Weightless Flight, termed The ZERO-G Experience™, which includes a full-day program led by a veteran astronaut in which a Flyer (the customer) experiences Martian, Lunar, and Zero Gravity conditions.  The ZERO-G experience is conducted aboard G-FORCE ONE – a specially modified, as well as the entertainment and film industries, corporate and incentive market, non-profit research and education sectors, and government.  ZERO-G’s aircraft partner is Amerijet International, Inc., the Fort Lauderdale-based cargo transportation and logistics provider.  Zero Gravity Corporation is headquartered in Dania Beach, Florida.  Its flight operations are conducted out of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.  Visit http://www.nogravity.com/ or call (888) NO-GRAVITY (664-7284) for more information.