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Love is in the air: Couple engaged on zero-g flight

In perhaps the most romantic thing to ever happen in free fall, space enthusiast Alexander Loucopoulos offered an engagement ring to similarly inclined girlfriend Graciela Asturias -- and it floated in the air between them. The star-crossed lovers were on a Boeing 727 that flies in great parabolic loops to simulate the experience of being in orbit. Loucopoulos said he was afraid the ring would float away, but since the plane is nicknamed the "vomit comet," there may have been larger potential complications. (She said yes, by the way.)
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