Know what burns
before you build.
NASA microgravity fire research, organized by where crews will live.
Oxygen outlook · Moon BaseSource: challenge brief
+43%
Oxygen concentration vs. Earth air
More oxygen. More flammable.
30% oxygen at 10.2 psi keeps breathing normal while cutting spacesuit pre-breathe time, but flammability depends heavily on oxygen concentration. Materials cleared for Earth air need re-testing.
Oxygen partial pressure
3.06 psi
Moon Base
3.09 psi
Earth sea level · 21% O₂ · 14.7 psi
Moon Base
Earth · 21%
0% O₂
40% O₂
Atmospheres are from the NASA Space Apps challenge brief. This is context for reading the research, not a validated engineering risk model.
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Evidence for this habitat.
View all 13Sorted by the highest oxygen level each experiment tested · from extracted test conditions
- 01 CFI Other Reaches 30% O₂ Tested at 13–83% O₂ · 13 papers · 54 findings
- 02 SAFFIRE I Prevention Reaches 30% O₂ Tested at 21–31% O₂ · 6 papers · 19 findings
- 03 FLEX Suppression Reaches 30% O₂ Tested at 12–30% O₂ · 11 papers · 17 findings
- 04 ACME Other Below 30% O₂ Tested at 25% O₂ · 7 papers · 27 findings
- 05 BASS Prevention Below 30% O₂ Tested at 13.6–22% O₂ · 8 papers · 47 findings
- 06 FLEX-2 Suppression Below 30% O₂ Tested at 12.5–15% O₂ · 8 papers · 8 findings