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The first monkeys in space were NOT in an aircraft, but in a V2 rocket made in Germany in WW2 and brought to USA after the war.
An aircraft is designed to fly in 'air' there is no 'air' in space.
The aircraft that blew up with Sally Ride was the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986. Ride was scheduled to be the first woman to walk in space on a subsequent flight. The tragic accident led to the suspension of the Space Shuttle program.
The first president to go to space was Ronald Reagan. He did not travel to space during his presidency, but before becoming president, Reagan flew on a NASA Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft to observe a Space Shuttle mission in 1986.
The space shuttle Enterprise made its first atmospheric flight on February 18, 1977. It was carried aloft aboard a Boeing 747 aircraft for the test flight, which did not involve a launch into space.
The first monkeys in space were NOT in an aircraft, but in a V2 rocket made in Germany in WW2 and brought to USA after the war.
Since aircraft do not, and in fact cannot, go into space then it should be obvious that no aircraft has ever been to Mercury, as yet.
An aircraft is designed to fly in 'air' there is no 'air' in space.
a plane that is reserved at the Dulles air and space museum
yes we can keep a civil and military aircraft be kept in space
The Soviet Union, Russia, launched the first aircraft, sputnik, containing a dog into space
Discovery.It is a space shuttle not a aircraft.
Only specialized aircraft fly in space - airplanes are not pressurized or shielded the way rockets and the space shuttle are, so they can't go into space.
Manned aircraft do not (and cannot) go into space. The clue is in the name aircraft - they rely on aerodynamics (therefore an atmosphere) in order to fly.
For an aircraft that flies in atmosphere, you are looking for the SR-71 Blackbird. For in space, that aircraft is the space shuttle.
The aircraft that blew up with Sally Ride was the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986. Ride was scheduled to be the first woman to walk in space on a subsequent flight. The tragic accident led to the suspension of the Space Shuttle program.
Aircraft fly through air and spacecraft fly in space.