Japan Microgravity Centre (JAMIC) is a site for microgravity experiments at a 710-metre-deep abandoned coal mine at Kamisunagawa, Hokkaido.
[1] A capsule is dropped from the top to simulate "zero gravity".
Jets accelerate the capsule to counteract air resistance.
At the bottom, the capsule is slowed with gradual deceleration.
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