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Jun 22, 2009 10:24 am US/Eastern

NYC Couple 1st To Tie Knot In Zero Gravity

TITUSVILLE. Fla. (CBS) ― Noah Fulmor and Erin Finnegan, huge science fiction fans, thought it would be groundbreaking if they took their love for space to the next level and exchange wedding vows while floating weightless in zero gravity.

The couple appeared on the CBS Early Show Monday via satellite from Florida and explained their reasoning behind the unusual move.

"Noah really wanted to get married in space and we both met at our college sci-fi clubs," explained Finnegan. "I figured space might be too expensive even in 10 or 15 years or 20 years, so zero gravity was a compromise."

The wedding took place on June 20 and was performed aboard Zero Gravity Corp.'s modified Boeing 727-200 aircraft, reports CBS affiliate WKMG-TV in Orlando. The plane, filled with padded walls and floors for safety, took off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. The plane was also fitted with video cameras to record the experience.

The price tag was not cheap, either, according to Fulmor. The couple coughed up about $60,000. The total wedding bill came to $100,000, according to WKMB.

"With friends and family and savings, it's amazing how resourceful you can be when you put your mind to it," Fulmor said.

The ceremony lasted nearly eight minutes, which was spread over 15 climb and dive combinations, or parabolic arcs. Vows and wedding bands made of meteorite material were exchanged as the jet dove from 36,000 feet to 24,000 feet, before climbing again, reports WKMG.

The ceremony was officiated by space tourist Richard Garriott, the son of former NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, who flew to the International Space Station last year in a $30 million deal brokered by the company Space Adventures, reports Space.com.

After the marriage ceremony, the couple attended a reception in the rocket garden at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

The couple also documented their experience on their personal Web site.


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