Working on the 'Vomit Comet' (IMAGE)

University of Utah

Working on the 'Vomit Comet'

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University of Utah chemist Lorraine Siperko (right) works on a water quality monitoring system while experiencing weightless conditions at the top of an arc-shaped flight path by a NASA C-9 research plane nicknamed the "vomit comet." Other scientists working on the project include Bob Lipert of Iowa State University (left) and John Straub of Wyle Laboratories.

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