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Behind-the-scenes of Red Bull's insane Zero-G pit stop challenge

Red Bull's Live Demo Team is known for pushing the limits, its tackled the world’s highest pass at Khardung-La in the Himalayas and driven the lowest road, racing along the shores of the Dead Sea in Jordan. Snow, ice, tarmac, sand...they've all been conquered. What else could Red Bull possibly do to top all that? Space? OK, that's pushing it a little, but what about completing a pit-stop in Zero-G? Prior to boarding the Ilyushin Il-76 MDK cosmonaut training plane, which is capable of simulating Zero-G conditions by performing a series of parabolas, where the aircraft climbs at a steep 45-degree angle before falling in a ballistic arc to produce a...
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