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NASA Aims to Light Fires on the Moon to Study Lunar-Gravity Fire Safety

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Source: Gizmodo
NASA Aims to Light Fires on the Moon to Study Lunar-Gravity Fire Safety
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NASA will launch the FM2 mission in late 2026 to test how fires burn in lunar gravity by igniting four solid-fuel samples and recording flame behavior, aiming to benchmark material safety and improve astronaut protection for Artemis missions and future lunar operations.

Topics:science#artemis#flammability#fm2#moon#nasa#space-and-spaceflight
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  1. NASA Plans to Start a Fire on the Moon in First-of-Its-Kind Experiment  Gizmodo
  2. The Moon Might Be More Prone To Fires  Universe Today
  3. NASA plans lunar experiment to study fire behavior on the Moon  primetimer.com

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