Taking flight in space maybe with little gravity (8)
I believe the answer is:
escaping
'taking flight' is the definition.
(escaping is a kind of taking flight)
'in space maybe with little gravity' is the wordplay.
'maybe with' indicates anagramming the letters.
'little' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'gravity' is 'g'.
'in'+'space'='inspace'
'inspace' anagrammed with 'g' can make 'ESCAPING'.
(Other definitions for escaping that I've seen before include "Breaking loose" , "Breaking out of confinement" , "Fleeing" , "Breaking free" , "Getting free" .)