Fri, Jun 05, 2009
Couple Plans To Marry In Zero G Ceremony
Noah Fulmor and Erin Finnegan have
been together since 2002, but even before they met, they shared a
dream of space travel. As children, both wanted to be astronauts:
Erin attended space camp in Michigan, while Noah volunteered at his
local planetarium. Although they are currently living relatively
earth-bound lives, the idea of space came up again following their
engagement in 2008. "When we started talking about marriage, Noah
joked that we should have our wedding 'in space,'" Erin said.
"Although most girls would take this to mean Noah didn't want to
get married, I knew he was sincere, and that this was a serious
request." And so, the couple turned to ZERO-G for the next best
thing: On June 20th, they will say their vows in microgravity (file
photo, below) aboard G-FORCE ONE.
Fulmor and Finnegan, along with their entire wedding party, will
fly like superman and flip like an Olympic gymnast as the ceremony
takes place in zero gravity. Each ZERO-G mission is designed for
maximum fun and these nuptials will be no exception. Over the span
of nearly eight minutes, vows and rings will be exchanged in a
microgravity environment.
They will become the first bride and groom to be married in zero
gravity. Richard Garriott, the sixth private explorer in history to
go to space and the first second-generation U.S. astronaut, will
officiate the ceremony. G-FORCE ONE, ZERO-G's specially modified
Boeing 727-200 aircraft, will depart from the Kennedy Space Center
at Cape Canaveral, FL for the milestone occasion.
The couple plans to re-broadcast the ceremony on their Web
site.
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