Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Gravity's grip on heat and fire to be studied in space

08/09/2017 11:55 AM EDT

Flame with tear-drop shape on Earth and round shape in microgravity

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $900,000 for fundamental research in combustion and thermal transport to be performed on the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory for the benefit of life on Earth.

The awards are made jointly with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), which will manage operations for the experiments.

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More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=242772&WT.mc_id=USNSF_56&WT.mc_ev=click


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