The Center for Commercial Applications of Combustion in Space (CCACS) is planning a number of combustion experiments to be done on the done on the Iinternational Space Station (ISS). These experiments will be conducted in two ISS facilitis, the SPaceDRUMS~(TM) Acoustic Levitation Furnace (ALF) and the Cmbustion Integrated Rack (CIR) portion of the Fluids and Combustion Facility (FCF). The experiments are part of ongoing commercial projects involving flame synthesis of ceramic powders, catalytic combustion, water mist fire suppression, glass-ceramics for fiber and other applications and porous ceramics for bone replacements, filters and catalyst supports. Ground-and parabolic aircraft-based experiments are currently underway to verify the scientific bases and to test prototype flight hardware. The projects have strong external support.
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