Remarkable 'Traveling' Flame Sparked In Space Station Experiment | Video

Friday, August 22, 2014 - 11:00 in Physics & Chemistry

The Flame Extinguishment - 2 (FLEX-2) experiment studies the burning of fuel droplets in space. In a recent test, iso-octane and heptane were the fuel sources in an oxygen (21%) and nitrogen (79%) environment. 

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