![]() "I really wanted to demonstrate that I am able to maneuver and take care of my disability in the same way I do on Earth, so that I would be able to do that in the zero gravity environment," Cooper told during the conference. "So I took off my prosthetic leg, I even let it float around a bit, which is a surreal euphoric experience, to say the least. One of the ambassadors, Mary Cooper, an aerospace engineering and computer science student at Stanford University, shared her experience conducting a demonstration while weightless during the conference. They aim to use their experience to improve the understanding of what spacecraft environments could and should be like to be more inclusive and accessible for all. The 12 ambassadors on board, which included people with mobility, vision and hearing disabilities, conducted demonstrations and experiments during the flight. ![]() ![]() The flight took place aboard Zero Gravity Corporation's (Zero-G) " G-Force One" plane, which flies in a series of parabolas to create period feelings of both weightlessness and increased gravity inside the cabin. (Image credit: AstroAccess/Zero G Corporation) The 12 disability ambassadors of AstroAccess, from left to right, back row: Mary Cooper, Cheri Wells-Jensen, Eric Shear, Apurva Varia, Sina Bahram, Zuby Onwuta, Mona Minkara, Viktoria Modesta front row: Sawyer Rosenstein, Dana Bolles, Eric Ingram, Centra Mazyck.
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