
jsc2023e046377 (12/14/2019) --- A view of the Spacecraft Fire Safety Experiments (Saffire) VI experiment hardware, loaded inside the Northrop Grumman (NG) Cygnus cargo vehicle for the 19th NG resupply mission to the International Space Station. Saffire is a series of experiments to investigate how fire spreads on a variety of combustible materials in the microgravity environment. The experiments are ignited in the Cygnus cargo spacecraft after it departs the space station and before it reenters the Earth's atmosphere. Saffire-VI builds on prior results to test flammability at different oxygen levels and aims to further knowledge of realistic flame spread to aid the development of fire safety equipment and strategies for future spacecraft.
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