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Frank Pietronigro Will Fly for Second Time in Microgravity as Part of SKY STUDIO

April 21, 2006

Burbank, Calif. — Frank Pietronigro will fly for a second time in microgravity as a part of “SKY STUDIO: ZGAC Parabolic Research Flight for Artists.” The Zero Gravity Corporation flight will occur on May 4, 2006, departing at 11:00 a.m. from the Burbank Airport.

The flight is part of the Space Art Track of the 25th International Space Development Conference being held in Los Angeles May 4-7. Frank Pietronigro will fly a variety of Space Art projects on SKY STUDIO.

“GRAVITY PULSE: ZGAC Parabolic Flight for Artists” is the second flight planned by ZGAC and will fly from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida sometime during the summer of 2006. This interdisciplinary collaborative project will feature twelve teams of internationally acclaimed artists flying a variety of unique Space Art projects. People worldwide will be able to experience the flight via the Internet as a part of a third project called “DataFlux,” a webcast planned to take place from the jet.

The artists flying projects during Gravity Pulse will publish and present papers about their work during the Space Art Track of the 25th International Space Development Conference. Art projects proposed for flight will be discussed during presentations as a way of informing and inspiring conference attendees to the conceptual relationship between the parabolic flight, the Space Art Track, and new visions for cultural activities in space.

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