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.
The fire uses up all the oxygen, thus creating a vacuum in the glass. ----- Actually lighting a match inside glass will not create a vacuum. It will lower the pressure inside the container however a bit. The reason it does not create a vacuum is that when the oxygen is used up the oxygen molecules do not leave the container.