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___ The flight that brings space weight­less­ness to Earth (BBC Future): “Five, four, three, two, one…” Not many air­craft cap­tains give their pas­sen­gers a rock­et launch-style count­down before take-off, but this is no ordi­nary plane. For starters, every­one on board, apart from the crew, is a sci­en­tist and has passed a full med­ical check – including…

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