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A Lexan box (left) from the original candle experiment and a wire-mesh box later used on Mir.
Human Spaceflight and Science

By Howard Ross   Intentionally igniting a fire inside the Space Shuttle might seem like a bad idea, but done safely and correctly, it could answer all sorts of seemingly simple questions, such as, “Would a candle burn in zero gravity?”

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