Will you come for a firework day in space?

NASA, which is conducting experiments to F I R E in the space since 2016, conducted the third fire test SAFFIRE III on June 4, 2017. Fire experiments conducted within Cygnus, the unmanned aerospace of the International Space Station ISS, were conducted to study the movement of fire with zero gravity and to counter the occurrence of fire, which is a very important experiment, will useful for every mission in the future.

The experiment content is very simple. It is burning for 20 minutes in Cygnus which was launched from ISS. NASA is now receiving detailed experimental data on the ground. Expected results will be announced from now on.

Fire in space is a dangerous accident beyond the ground. The spacecraft is very narrow, and a ventilator that delivers oxygen will increase the fire. Moreover, it is impossible for astronauts to escape outside. Because it is the outer space. That is why NASA researchers are important experiments to know the movement of fire under zero gravity and to devise measures.

David Urban, SAFFIRE's responsible official, is the official release of NASA.

"The SAFFIRE experiment which can conduct research using actual fire is a useful experiment to know the habit of fire movement in low gravity and closed space"

This video is a state of fire movement in the first experiment released by NASA.

SAFFIRE mission will be terminated once this experiment. According to NASA, it will move to the next step in 2019.

"The next SAFFIRE IV to VI will be conducting larger fire tests and even fire-extinguishing system tests."

According to report.

Mankind who has started to use fire by primitive people hundreds of thousands of years ago. Now, we are trying to get fire in outer space.

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