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Marshall Center Lighting the Match to Learning More about Fires in Space
10.18.12
 
During a combustion demonstration test, a sample material is set on fire for 30 seconds in a large chamber, filled with varying pressure levels of nitrogen and oxygen. Combustion demonstration testing at the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA/MSFC/Emmett Given)
View large image Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville are hoping to answer those questions -- and many others -- through a series of tests and studies being conducted at Marshall and four other NASA facilities -- Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, the lead center for the project; Johnson Space Center in Houston; the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.; and the White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, N.M.

Read more: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/news/releases/2012/12-105.html
 
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