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Skylab studies fire in weightless cabin to assess space safety
In a Skylab chamber experiment astronauts will fire small samples of non metallic materials in an oxygen nitrogen mix to observe fire behavior in zero gravity. J Howard Kimzey notes weightless tests show flames smother themselves, no convection and possible flareups if vented.
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al. Rossiter Jr
UPI
Cape Kennedy
Earth
Skylab Space Station
Eiven
Kimzey
Orbiting Laboratory
J. Howard Kimzey
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Skylab
Space Agency