Could a balloon survive in space?

A helium-filled balloon can float very high up into the atmosphere, however, it cannot float up into outer space. The air in Earth’s atmosphere gets thinner the higher up you go.

What would happen to a helium balloon in the space station?

Because atmospheric pressure in the station is kept the same as at sea level on Earth, a helium balloon would have the support it needs to float, but with almost no gravity on the station, there is no force to push up or down on the balloon. “It would just hang there, the same as if you let a hammer go,” Rayman says.

What would happen if you took a helium-filled balloon to the moon and released it?

The gravity would act on the balloon uninterfered with by the buoyancy of the heavier than helium atmosphere of Earth. It would sink. Since the moon has no atmosphere for the inflated balloon to displace, the helium-filled balloon simply will fall to the surface of the moon, attracted by the moon’s gravity.

Can you have fire in space without oxygen?

Fires can’t start in space itself because there is no oxygen – or indeed anything else – in a vacuum.

What happens if you pop a balloon?

The air in a balloon is at a higher pressure than its surroundings because the elastic tension of the balloon skin is pulling inwards. The high-pressure air that was inside the balloon is now free to expand and this creates a pressure wave that our ears hear as a bang.

What would happen if you brought a balloon to the moon?

The balloon expands because the atmospheric pressure of the moon is slightly lower than that of earth. The balloon bursts because the atmospheric of the moon is much lower than that of earth.

Will a balloon float on Mars?

Balloon Development Challenges for Mars In order to fly balloons at Mars, the balloons must be made of very lightweight material. The balloon’s internal pressure would be higher during the day than at night, although the balloon volume would remain the same.

How far away is space?

The shortest distance between Earth and space is about 62 miles (100 kilometers) straight up, which by general accord is where the planet’s boundary ends and suborbital space begins.

Would a balloon pop on the moon?

On the moon, there is no air. Since there is no surrounding air, there is nothing for the helium to float above. There’s nothing to push it up. Therefore, no matter how much helium is inside that balloon, it will drop and settle in the lunar dust.