Astronauts have performed previous fire experiments aboard the ISS. In 2014, the Burning and Suppression of Solids (BASS) experiment sought to guide strategies for extinguishing fires in microgravity.

Nasa has been setting fires in space. Why? It's an experiment to understand how fires develop and how flames spread in microgravity. The space agency's three-part Saffire experiment was completed on 4 ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Two upcoming experiments by the Sandia National Laboratories could cause a plume of black smoke to be visible in Albuquerque. The two controlled fire experiments will take ...

A large fire has been lit inside an unmanned cargo ship in space in a daring Nasa experiment. The experiment, the first of three planned Nasa experiments on how big fires grow in space, an important ...