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• April 26: In this handout photo provided by Zero Gravity Corp., astrophysicist Stephen Hawking floats on a zero-gravity jet. The modified jet carrying Hawking, a handful of his physicians and nurses, and dozens of others first flew up to 24,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean off Florida.
• April 26: Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking floats on a zero-gravity jet.
• April 26: Caregiver Monica Guy, left, assists strophysicist Stephen Hawking as the crew of the Zero Gravity 727 plane applauds on the tarmac at the Kennedy Space Center landing strip in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• April 26: Care giver Monica Guy assists professor Stephen Hawking prior to a press conference at the Kennedy Space Center landing strip in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• April 26: Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking is assisted off the bus by caregiver Monica Guy as Chairman and CEO of Zero Gravity Peter Diamandis, second from left , waits on the tarmac at the Kennedy Space Center landing strip in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• April 26: Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking is assisted off the tarmac by Peter Diamandis, chairman and CEO of Zero Gravity, at the Kennedy Space Center landing strip in Cape Canaveral, Fla.