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A zero-gravity flight is a first step toward space travel.

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Stephen Hawking
Age: 76 †
Born: 1942
Born: January 8
Died: 2018
Died: March 14
Astronomer
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Autobiographer
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Non-Fiction Writer
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Stephen William Hawking
S. W. Hawking
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