Can a fly fly in space?

Indeed they do! NASA astronauts have taken a wide variety of fliers into space. Here's what they observed: "Honey bees (Apis mellifica) were unable to fly normally and tumbled in weightlessness.
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Would a bird fly in space?

A: Birds cannot fly in the vacuum of space because there is no air, but some birds have been brought to live on space stations before. American astronauts brought 32 chicken embryos to space on the Discovery STS-29 flight.
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Can you fly with wings in space?

In space, of course, there is no air whatsoever. Without the presence of air, neither a large airplane nor a small airplane will produce lift. There's simply no air to travel over and under an airplane's wings in space, which is a main reason airplanes can't fly in space.
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Can a fly fly to the moon?

Since both would have to exit the Earth's atmosphere to get to the Moon, neither would be able to fly to the Moon.
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Why can't a jet fly into space?

That's because conventional planes need air for both propulsion and lift, and space is essentially a vacuum. The first plane to reach space was the X-15, designed in the mid-1950s for the US National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), forerunner of NASA.
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Can an F 16 fly in space?

Even the most modern of fighter jets cannot fly into space. The F-35 Lightning II, considered to be the world's most advanced craft, has a service ceiling of around 15 kilometres (nine miles). This is less than a fifth of the way to space. Part of the reason fighter jets can't fly this high is their power source.
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Why can't planes fly over the Pacific Ocean?

Most commercial airlines, that operate between East Asia and the Americas, do not fly over the Pacific Ocean because of cost and safety concerns, including turbulent weather, which can be dangerous to fly over.
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Can you fly on Titan?

Of all the worlds in our solar system, only a few have atmospheres that would allow winged flight: Titan, Venus, Mars, Earth, and the outer gas planets. Aerodynamically, Titan is by far the best place to fly airplanes.
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Why can't we fly kites on the moon?

Answer. There is no atmosphere in the moon.So it impossible to fly kite in the moon . The atmosphere contains gases like oxygen ,carbon dioxide etc which allows you to do this on earth . But since no atmosphere exist on the moon , If you try to do it will fly but it won't stop and will persist to move forever ...
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Why can't you see the moon from an airplane?

You will also have a hard time finding stars in the night sky through an airplane window if the full moon is out, because on those days, the moon's luminance of the night sky is at its peak, which makes it difficult to reach our eyes.
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What if a bird was in space?

Inside a space station full of air, the bird's wings and tail would still work fine. So the bird can turn, accelerate and decelerate mid-flight. Humans can't do this -- once a human kicks off the wall, the flight is pretty much a straight-line until the human hits the opposite wall.
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Can animals fly in space?

As well as the fruit flies and Laika, since the 1940s, a variety of animals have been sent into space including ants, cats, frogs, and even jellyfish. To date, a total of 32 monkeys have flown in space. These species include rhesus macaques, squirrel monkeys and pig-tailed monkeys. Chimpanzees have also flown.
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Can birds fly in moon?

No birds can not fly on the moon because they could never get there. The moon is far far away and the US only landed there once. There is no heat, no air, no gravity to move or breath or keep warm. For practical purposes the Moon has no atmosphere .
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Can birds swallow in space?

Birds can't be brought into the outer space because birds need gravity to swallow food.
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Can birds fly on Mars?

An open-beaked bird appears perched on a rock, poised for flight. If this rock were a real bird, it would need to learn new ways to fly. It might be easy to lift off in the weaker gravity of Mars, but staying in flight would be hard. That's because Mars has a thin atmosphere and low air pressure.
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Can a bird fly in vacuum?

Without air, like in a vacuum, it is not possible to generate low and high pressure around a wing and so the bird cannot achieve lift.
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Can you fly a kite on Mars?

The atmosphere on Mars is about 1 percent as dense as Earth's atmosphere. That means to fly a kite on Mars, the wind would need to blow much faster than on Earth to get the kite in the air.
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How high can a kite fly?

Kite Flying Regulations for the US

According to the FAA, no person may operate a kite more than 150 feet above the surface of the earth. If you are up to flying higher than the usual standard, then you must give notice to the FAA ATC facility on your kiting plans.
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Can we live Europa?

Europa's surface is blasted by radiation from Jupiter. That's a bad thing for life on the surface – it couldn't survive. But the radiation may create fuel for life in an ocean below the surface. The radiation splits apart water molecules (H2O, made of oxygen and hydrogen) in Europa's extremely tenuous atmosphere.
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What if Earth crashed into Jupiter?

As we crash into Jupiter, both planets' atmospheres will be compressed, rapidly increasing the temperature, and essentially setting the air on fire.
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Why don't we fly from Alaska to Russia?

The Alaska ADIZ is a buffer zone of thousands of square miles that isn't sovereign airspace—Russian planes can legally fly there—but entering the zone means a plane could conceivably enter U.S. airspace in a relatively short amount of time.
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Why do flights to Japan go over Alaska?

Commercial airlines typically fly a Northern curved route that goes over Canada and Alaska. Therefore, they spend less time over the Pacific Ocean, allowing for emergency landings if needed.
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What do pilots see when flying?

Pilots have a unique viewpoint while flying private or commercial aircraft. They get an unobstructed view of stunning natural sights, such as pink lakes and rectangular-shaped icebergs. Some have reported seeing UFOs, while others have flown over swirling hurricanes.
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