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NASA to test how fire spreads in space
NASA\'s John H Glenn Research Centre is going to light a \"large scale fire\" in space as part of an experiment that seeks to understand how fire spreads in a micro-gravity environment.Called the Spacecraft Fire Experiment (Saffire), the experiment on board the next Orbital/ATK Cygnus cargo mission
​Washington: NASA's John H Glenn Research Centre is going to light a "large scale fire" in space as part of an experiment that seeks to understand how fire spreads in a micro-gravity environment.Called the Spacecraft Fire Experiment (Saffire), the experiment on board the next Orbital/ATK Cygnus cargo mission will begin after the unmanned resupply vehicle will undock the International Space Station (ISS) after dropping key science supplies.
The fire will take place in a box full of "cotton-fiberglass composite” and the data generated from the experiment will be beamed back to Earth before Cygnus starts re-entry. Instruments on the returning Cygnus will measure flame growth, oxygen use and more.
NASA scientists know that flames can be erratic in space but they don't fully understand their properties and mechanics. Results could determine microgravity flammability limits for several spacecraft materials, help to validate NASA’s material selection criteria, and help scientists understand how microgravity and limited oxygen affect flame size.
