Flame

• Flames are made of Plasma, gases that are heated to the point they have lost some of their electrons. 

• Flames are magnetic, most flames are repelled by magnetic fields. 

•On the international Space station there is no gravity so candle flames won't take a teardrop shape, instead they burn as a sphere shape with blue tinge. 

International Space Station

• The international space station is the largest man made object in space. 

• There is no up or down in the International Space Station. The so called floor and ceiling are covered in instruments and control panels to save space. 

• Every month the ISS orbit decays by 2 KM, it must be topped up by rocket boosts regularly. 

• The European module is called Columbus and is used mostly to conduct experiments such as exposure to space tests using air locks and thethers. 

Stentor Cells

There is a giant single celled life form on Earth called Stentor. It is so big that it can be seen without a microscope. They often grow to about the size of a grain of rice and have been known to eat multi cellular organisms.