Astronaut Thomas Marshburn configures the Combustion Integrated Rack to begin operations for a pair of studies exploring fire growth in microgravity.
iss066e137090 (Feb. 8, 2022) — NASA astronaut and Expedition 66 Flight Engineer Thomas Marshburn configures the Combustion Integrated Rack to begin operations for a pair of studies exploring fire growth in microgravity. The two SoFIE, or Solid Fuel Ignition and Extinction, studies explore safer, less flammable spacecraft materials as well as fire extinguishing and suppresion techniques in microgravity.