This past weekend I flew up to DC with ZERO-G for flights 99 & 100. We left early on Thursday, so I wasn't able to attend the Yuri's Night party in Cocoa Beach that we organized under our local NSS chapter. Good news is that I did get to attend the DC event and hang out with Shandy (see pic). She is another ERAU alum and an old classmate of Jen's. Every time we see each other we are in another town! So far it's been in Mojave, Valencia, and DC. What a traveling friendship! Hightlights of the evening included free vodka shots (!), browsing around the Russian Cultural Center in DC, and enjoying the live band "To the Moon". I also snagged a pint glass branded with a YN logo. we need those at all the parties next year!Our ZERO-G flights on Friday and Saturday operated from the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center at the Dulles Airport. This is a new facility dedicated to showcasing the amazing collection of aerospace artifacts like the Space Shuttle Enterprise and an SR-71 Blackbird. Basing our missions from the Hazy Center made us feel like real space heroes!
Our customers were great and we had a blast finishing out our double-digit flights. ZG-100 was a great trip with outstanding long parabolas. We had a little champagne toast back at the hotel to celebrate this milestone flight. It is an honor to have been crew on ZG-1 and ZG-100.
Thanks go out to the fun folks onboard the plane during the ferry flights too! my ex-intern Katie got to take her first ferry flight as did new coaches Niki and Vanessa. Deb showed off her new Kids 2 Space patch. I co-authored a chapter and now she is writing the teacher's guide! What a small world!
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