How’s it work?

From a stabilized level-flight attitude at 20,000 feet, the aircraft increases attitude. During this phase, the weight is 1.8 times greater than normal weight for 24 seconds. The crew then performs a maneuver called “injection”: the aircraft trajectory is piloted to follow a kind of parabola and the power thrust is reduced. The vertical load factor goes from 1.8g to zero gravity for about 22 seconds. The first pilot adjusts the control stick tilt to maintain the vertical load factor at zero, while the second pilot maintains the roll angle at zero, and the mechanic adjusts the thrust of the engines to cancel the longitudinal load factor. An exit phase at 1.8 g, symmetrical with the entry phase, is then performed on the descending part of the parabola to return the aircraft to a stabilized altitude level within about 20 seconds. Parabolic flights are a gateway to weightlessness. They are dedicated to scientific experiments and to space equipment technological testing.

From NASA

Space Games Federation was founded to expand competitive sports and games into outer space, share it with the world and advance STEM and STEAM integrating Space and Athletics.

STEAM is designed to integrate STEM subjects into various relevant disciplines in education. These programs aim to teach students to think critically and use engineering or technology in imaginative designs or creative approaches to real-world problems while building on students’ mathematics and science base.  Developing the games that will ultimately be played in outer space encourages collaboration and cooperation and promotes advancement in: physics, physiology, mechanics, engineering, aerospace, robotics, optics, mathematics, astronomy art and athletics.

Meet The Coolest Cat on Earth

#SpaceCat is a rather special kitty, and not just any ol’ run-of-the-mill feline. He is an official “Medical Alert Cat” to Linda Rheinstein, founder (& cancer survivor) of Space Games Federation, having graduated (with honors) from the U.S. Service & Support Animal certification courses. #SpaceCat is of course, also the official mascot of the Space Games Federation with his own video channel.