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NASA Planning to Set First-Ever Fire on the Surface of the Moon

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NASA Planning to Set First-Ever Fire on the Surface of the Moon
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NASA scientists have long been fascinated by how fire behaves in the microgravity of space. They’ve even lit small controlled flames inside Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft to study various flame retardant materials and how fire can spread in the absence of Earth’s gravity.



Now, they’re looking to take the potentially lifesaving research a step further. In anticipation of the space agency’s eventual establishment of a permanent presence on the Moon, scientists at NAS

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