Experiments to ensure Space Station fire safety - A challengeThree experiments have been formulated in order to address prominent fire safety requirements aboard the NASA Space Shuttle; these experiments are to be conducted as part of a Space Station-based Technology Development Mission for the growth phase of Space Station construction and operation. The experiments are: (1) an investigation of the flame-spread rate and combustion-product evolution in the burning of typical spacecraft materials in low gravity; (2) an evaluation of the interaction of fires and candidate fire extinguishers in low gravity; and (3) an investigation of the persistence and propagation of smoldering and deep-seated combustion in low gravity.
Document ID
19880035178
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Youngblood, W. W. (Wyle Labs., Inc. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Seiser, K. M. (Wyle Laboratories, Inc. Huntsville, AL, United States)