An Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo ship was released from the International Space Station early Tuesday, clearing the way for an on-board experiment to set off a relatively large fire inside the spacecraft ...

This diagram shows NASA's Saffire Experiment Module (top cover removed) to see how it will ignite a fire in space for science. This diagram shows NASA's Saffire Experiment Module (top cover removed) ...

Fire and space don't mix. Aside from the raw physics involved -- you can't feed a flame in an oxygen-free vacuum -- engineers do their best to keep fire far, far away from the exceedingly ...

'We really need to be on the lunar surface,' said NASA's David Urban. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The next frontier for ...

Gizmodo is reporting the space agency has an interesting array of topics this time, including 3-D printing, micrometeorite studies, and robotic grippers for grasping and putting objects onto walls.

Final preparations are underway to launch a resupply mission to the International Space Station on March 22. But one of the key experiments aboard the mission won't be carried out until the Cygnus ...

Understanding how fire spreads in a microgravity environment is critical to the safety of astronauts who live and work in space. And while NASA has conducted studies aboard the space shuttle and ...

NASA has officially bid adieu to its Spacecraft Fire Safety Experiment (Saffire), fittingly having the last one burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere following six successful missions involving controlled ...

New Year’s Eve is just around the corner when many folks set off fireworks to ring in the new year. The colors within the fireworks are determined by metallic elements emitting certain colors when ...

A special experiment that will ignite the biggest-ever human-caused fire in space is about to blast off. The robotic Cygnus cargo spacecraft is scheduled to launch toward the International Space ...