{"id":3180,"date":"2009-07-23T10:21:29","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T14:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/?p=3180"},"modified":"2016-05-12T17:14:55","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T21:14:55","slug":"stephen-hawking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/2009\/stephen-hawking\/","title":{"rendered":"Go To Team Flies with Stephen Hawking in Zero G"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"339\" width=\"425\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/22425001\/vp\/18334932#18334932\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;\">Visit msnbc.com for <a style=\"text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\">Breaking News<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032507\" style=\"text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;\">World News<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032072\" style=\"text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;\">News about the Economy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 11px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #999999; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center; width: 425px;\">Visit msnbc.com for <a style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999 ! important; text-decoration: none ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; height: 13px; color: #5799db ! important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\">Breaking News<\/a>, <a style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999 ! important; text-decoration: none ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; height: 13px; color: #5799db ! important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032507\">World News<\/a>, and <a style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999 ! important; text-decoration: none ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; height: 13px; color: #5799db ! important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032072\">News about the Economy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3181\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3181\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3181\" title=\"tom-costello-and-hawking-1\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.gototeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/12194638\/tom-costello-and-hawking-1-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Stephen Hawking and the NBC News crew\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Stephen Hawking and the NBC News crew<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t quite like a trip to moon, but for a lifetime of confinement for Astrophysicist <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Hawking\">Stephen Hawking<\/a>, it was a chance to fly -literally &#8211; away from his wheelchair.<\/p>\n<p>For 12 thirty-second maneuvers, Professor Hawking floated weightless aboard Zero-G &#8211; a specially modified Boeing 727-200 aircraft. 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