article_snippet: In addition, the IL-76 MDK flying lab was built to perform parabolic flights to create short-time weightless and low gravity environments - including lunar and Martian gravity .
article_snippet: the IL-76 MDK flying lab was set up in in 1980 and is designed to train cosmonauts in conditions of simulated weightlessness using water.
article_snippet: the IL-76 MDK flying lab is also fitted with full-scale mock-ups of modules, and cranes are used to lift and drop cosmonauts into the water.
article_snippet: In addition, the IL-76 MDK flying lab was built to perform parabolic flights to create short-time weightless and low gravity environments - including lunar and Martian gravity.
article_snippet: the IL-76 MDK flying lab was set up in in 1980 and is designed to train cosmonauts in conditions of simulated weightlessness using water.
article_snippet: the IL-76 MDK flying lab is also fitted with full-scale mock-ups of modules, and cranes are used to lift and drop cosmonauts into the water.