Italian astronaut on space station sets new mission duration record by a woman. European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti enjoys another sunrise aboard the International Space Station. On June 6, she set a mission duration record for women in space.
Chemist for uranium nuclear fuels. A substance would only burn in a vacuum if it contained an oxidizer. There has to be an oxidizer for there to be fire. That doesn't mean that it requires oxygen, just a substance that facilitates the removal of electrons. 1 person found this useful.
A fire can be stopped in three different ways, by removing any of the three things it needs to burn: 1  The fuel can be removed. If a fire burns through all of its fuel and extra nearby fuel is removed, the fire will stop burning.  The oxygen can be removed.