Kate Upton spins through the air in zero gravity bikini shoot

UPTON has taken swimsuit modelling where it’s never gone before - flipping, floating and modelling in true weightlessness – as if in outer space. Watch the incredible video of her bouncy shoot.

KATE Upton has floated through a zero-gravity chamber in a stunning shoot for this year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, which hits newsstands in the States today.

After it was reported in January that the curvy model would be shot in the zero-G chamber, photos were released today of the curvy blonde floating around in a skimpy gold bikini.

The anti-gravity chamber is operated by Zero-G Corporation in Arlington, Virginia.

Upton nailed the weightless photo shoot.

“Upton flipped, floated and modelled in true weightlessness – as if in outer space,” Zero-G said in a press release on the photo shoot.

The shoot was set up last March in the Zero-G chamber, a specially equipped Boeing-727 that simulates zero-G in flight.

“Upton bounced and soared through the plane for the cameras,” the release added.

Kate Upton before entering the zero gravity chamber.

Upton, a two time Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue cover girl in 2012 and 2013, appears in an inside cover of this year’s issue, but the 2014 cover went to Nina Agdal, Chrissy Teigen and Lily Aldridge.

SI celebrates 50 years of the swimsuit issue this year and included sexy new photographs of past SI cover models, including Christie Brinkley, Petra Nemcova, Rachel Hunter and Heidi Klum.

Watch the video above to see how the stunning shoot took place.

Kate Upton during the zero gravity shoot.

This story originally appeared in The New York Post.

Kate Upton on the back cover of the 2014 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. Picture: Splash / Sports Illustrated