BEIJING, June 5 (Xinhuanet) -- Noah Fulmor and Erin Finnegan from New York will become the first couple to get married floating in zero gravity when they take off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on June 20.

    A New York couple will exchange vows on an aircraft at the centre at Cape Canaveral, Florida, that can simulate weightlessness similar to a spaceship in orbit.

    Noah, 31, and Erin, 30, will exchange rings made from precious metal fragments of a meteorite that crashed to Earth in Namibia 30,000 years ago.

    The couple will be joined by family and friends aboard a modified jet which will fly in several steep dives to give them eight minutes of weightlessness. Each guest's ticket costs ￡3,500.

    British space tourist and adventurer Richard Garriott, the son of an astronaut, will officiate at the ceremony during the 90-minute flight, which includes 15 rollercoaster-type dives, known as parabolic arcs, which last up to 30 seconds.

    Erin will wear a designer wedding dress with trousers to protect her modesty during weightlessness.

    “Noah wanted to get married in space but we probably won't be able to afford it for another 25 to 50 years - so I suggested this as a compromise,” she said.

    (Agencies)