international space station

  • NASA’s Fire-in-Space Experiment Ends in Flames

    NASA’s Fire-in-Space Experiment Ends in Flames

    After eight years of experimenting with flames in space, NASA lit a fire inside a cargo spacecraft for the last time and sent its Saffire experiment toward a burning reentry into Earth’s atmosphere. NASA’s Spacecraft Fire Safety Experiments, also known as Saffire, came to a fitting end on January 9, flying aboard a Northrop Grumman…


  • You Don’t Win Friends With Space Salad

    You Don’t Win Friends With Space Salad

    If you’re ever on your lunch break in space, you might actually want to stay away from the salad. A team of scientists grew lettuce in a simulated microgravity environment on Earth and found that plants have a hard time protecting themselves against harmful bacteria in space. Space lettuce has been a hit on board…