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.
Fire can be extinguished by removing any one of the elements of the fire tetrahedron. 1  Consider a natural gas flame, such as from a stovetop burner. The fire can be extinguished by any of the following: 2  turning off the gas supply, which removes the fuel source;