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NASA Fire Safety Test Ready to Fly High

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1 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A still image of a video that shows a plastic rod and cotton-fiberglass fabric being burned during a ground test of the Lunar-g Combustion Investigation (LUCI) experiment.Credit: Voyager Technologies An experiment studying how solid materials catch fire and burn in the Moon’s gravity was launched on Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital flight this month. Developed by…

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NASA Fire Safety Test Took on Reduced Gravity

An experiment studying how solid materials catch fire and burn in the Moon's gravity was launched on Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital flight.� Developed by NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland together with Voyager Technologies, the Lunar-g Combustion Investigation (LUCI) will help researchers determine if conditions on the Moon – with reduced gravity – might be a more hazardous environment for fire safety. NASA Fire Safety Test Ready t…

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