VOLUME 20 • ISSUE 2 • FEBRUARY 2018

ISS Research Update:

ACME...Flame On!

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Glenn Provides

Expertise in Lunar 

Initiative

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Agency Unveils 60th

Anniversary Logo

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Glenn Volunteers 

Assist FEMA in 

Disaster Response

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Safe Operation 

is our Best Practice

Glenn faces aging infrastructure and requires frequent maintenance. We recently 

encountered some issues that, when 

coupled with severe weather conditions, 

presented unforeseen challenges to our 

critical test operations. In one case, we discovered cement degradation in the Central 

Processing System exhaust stack. This 

caused an interruption to several facilities, 

including the Aero-Acoustic Propulsion 

Laboratory and the Propulsion Systems 

Laboratory. In another case, a water line 

rupture in Cooling Tower 5 interrupted 

the 10- by 10-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel 

operations. Fortunately, we have a team of 

operations and safety professionals who 

applied sound technical analyses and made 

appropriate repairs, thereby enabling a 

safe return of test operations.

Your fellow co-workers and I appreciate 

your continued commitment to a safe 

and healthy workplace.

AeroSpace Frontiers

is an official publication of Glenn Research 

Center, National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration. It is published the second 

Friday of each month by the Office of 

Communications & External Relations 

in the interest of the Glenn workforce, 

retirees, government officials, business 

leaders and the general public. 

Submit short articles and calendar items 

to the editor at doreen.b.zudell@nasa.gov. 

Editor: Doreen B. Zudell, ATS, 

 216–433–5317

Assistant Editor: S. Jenise Veris, ATS

Design: Jami Drost, ATS

Managing Editor: Kelly R. DiFrancesco

Circulation: Angela Williams, ATS, 

 216–433–8921

Through the Lunar Cargo Transportation and Landing by Soft Touchdown (Lunar 

CATALYST) initiative, NASA competitively selected three partners in 2014 to spur 

commercial cargo transportation capabilities to the surface of the Moon.

Two representatives from one of those partners, Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic 

Technology, recently visited NASA Glenn. During the 3-day visit, they met with 

members of Glenn’s Power Division and Testing Division and received instructions 

on how to build a flight-qualified harness for their lander called Peregrine. They 

also toured several power technology facilities across Lewis Field. 

“Based on attendance at a recent Lunar Science for Landed Missions workshop 

at NASA Ames, there’s huge interest by lunar scientists and human exploration 

advocates from the commercial sector, academia and NASA in returning to the 

moon, sooner than later,” said Bob Cataldo, Power Division.

Lunar CATALYST companies, selected through a NASA Space Act Agreement 

(SAA), are sponsored by the Advanced Exploration Systems Division of the Human 

Exploration and Operations Directorate. In addition to Astrobotic Technology, the 

other two companies are Masten Space Systems Inc., Mojave, California; and 

Moon Express, Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Gorecki, center, shows Astrobotic employees Hinckley (left) and Solorzano (right) 

how to make flight-qualified cables/harnesses.

Glenn Provides Expertise 

in Lunar Initiative

Photo by Marvin Smith

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Under the SAAs, NASA contributions to the partnership 

include the technical expertise of NASA staff on integrated 

subsystem teams, use of NASA center test facilities or 

hardware/software for commercial lander development and 

testing at no cost.

During the visit, Gary Gorecki, Testing Division, a certified 

space flight cable/harness instructor, built several 

engineering model harnesses. Astrobotic’s power and 

avionics team leads, Ander Solorzano and Tom Hinckley 

observed and learned the art of flight cable fabrication. 

Larry Oberle and Cataldo assisted Astrobotic with the 

power generation and distribution system for their lander. 

Other members on Glenn’s CATALYST power team include: 

H. James Fincannon, Terrian Nowden, Richard Oeftering, 

Philip Stehno, William Bennett and Matthew Myers. All are 

members of the Power Division.

“We have an outstanding team of experienced engineers who 

offer a depth of expertise, along with our world-class testing 

facilities,” said Oberle. “Additionally, Glenn’s proximity to 

Astrobotic makes it ideal for travel and affordability.”

For more information on Lunar CATALYST,

 visit https://www.nasa.gov/lunarcatalyst/. 

By S. Jenise Veris

Members of Glenn’s Astrobotic team, left to right: Myers, Nowden, 

Cataldo, Solorzano (Astrobotic), Bennett, Oberle and Stehno 

pose in front of a plywood mock-up of the Peregrine lander.

Photo by Astrobotic Technology

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Photo by Robert Cataldo

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Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander, at 

2.5 m in diameter and 1.9 in height, is 

stout, stiff and simple for survivability 

during launch and landing. Payloads 

can attach to the topside or underside 

of the deck panel. Peregrine’s flexible 

payload mounting accommodates a 

variety of payload types for science, 

exploration, marketing, resources 

and commemoration. 

The entire structure is scalable to 

accommodate various payload capacities up to 265 kg. The team is working 

towards a 2019 launch as a secondary 

payload on a United Launch Alliance, 

Atlas V launch vehicle.
The year 2017 was one of the worst for natural disasters. 

Between hurricanes and wildfires, demands for federal disaster 

relief climbed to a record level.

To assist survivors, the Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) called upon federal employees to volunteer in an effort 

to help get people back on their feet. Eighteen NASA Glenn staff 

answered the call. 

Last September, volunteers reported for duty at a FEMA training 

center in Alabama. After training, FEMA deployed the Glenn 

volunteers to California, Florida, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, Texas 

and the Virgin Islands. 

Many of the volunteers worked 12-hour days, 7 days a week. 

“Very long days and then spreadsheet documentation at night,” 

affirmed Michael Perez. He worked as a fuel specialist in and 

around Mayaguez, Arecibo and Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, ensuring 

areas of devastation received the proper type and amount of fuel 

they desperately needed.

Although they were told about the devastation, volunteers were 

astounded to see it firsthand. Fallen power lines, collapsed/

broken bridges, landslides, homes reduced to rubble and victims 

digging through wreckage were common landscapes.

A group of Glenn employees took on a humanitarian mission last year that affected 

not only the lives of those they helped, but also their own.

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“The debris was unfathomable. Large trucks lined the roadways 

to haul the debris to disposal sites,” said Amy Hiltabidel. 

Deployed to Houston, Texas, for Hurricane Harvey Disaster 

Recovery, Hiltabidel assisted local governments and nonprofits 

to receive reimbursement for expenses incurred as a result of 

the disaster.

Robert Kohler was selected to assist recovery efforts at St. John, 

Virgin Islands. While one of the smallest, most remote of the 

islands, it was the hardest hit by hurricanes Irma and Maria. “We 

were warned about the austere conditions—high heat, humidity, 

no electricity or food,” said Kohler. 

Dan Sutliff joined a corps of volunteers in Northern California’s 

wine country where he was assigned to a neighborhood in 

Santa Rosa, a city destroyed by the fires. “It was a humbling 

experience to witness so much devastation and people sifting 

through the rubble of their homes,” Sutliff said. “My task was 

to understand their immediate needs and direct them to places 

where they could get food, water or other resources provided by 

a coordinated team of multiple agencies.”

Assigned to Puerto Rico, Linda Bartos worked as a logistics 

specialist. She loaded/unloaded trucks and set up Disaster Relief 

Center build kits (furniture/equipment) at designated locations 

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where survivors could apply for FEMA aid. She also disseminated meals ready

to eat (MRE).

“When out in the field, we helped as many survivors and stray animals as we 

could by supplying them with bottled water, MREs and snacks that we had 

with us,” said Bartos.

Also in Puerto Rico, Billy Hau was assigned to the Water Task Force, a group 

focused on restoring water supplies to devastated communities. Hau collected 

data from the field and mapped the regions most in need.

“The people in the remote mountain communities were hit the hardest,” said 

Hau. “They normally use well and spring water, but those resources were 

destroyed or contaminated after the hurricanes. They now depend on bottled 

or filtered water.”

Bethany Eppig assessed the damage to environmental and historic buildings in 

Florida. Posted to the Orlando area after the hurricane, Eppig helped city and 

county officials understand how to file permits and follow federal regulations 

to acquire the resources to repair beach and protected environmental areas.

“Many of the small towns in Florida needed help to understand and meet the 

federal regulations necessary to secure funds to restore their communities and 

natural resources,” said Eppig. “I was there as a consultant to help them find 

a path to restoration.”

Chip Redding was deployed to Puerto Rico as an information technology (IT)

specialist from September to the end of November. He said time away from 

family and friends was tough, but the daily work routine did not allow much 

time to reflect on it. 

“We were on a mission,” he said. “This is something everyone at NASA can 

relate to.”

Story continues on page 6.

Five Glenn employees are among these volunteers at the Anniston, Alabama, FEMA Training Center. 

Chip Redding (3rd from left), David Fuller (5th from left), Jason Ondercik (6th from left), 

Linda Bartos (7th from left) and Michael Perez (10th from left).

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Billy Hau, center, with fellow FEMA volunteers 

out on an inspection in Puerto Rico.

Chip Redding worked as an IT specialist, getting the joint 

field office in San Juan, Puerto Rico, up and running.

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NASA Glenn Volunteers

CALIFORNIA

Dale Dragony, Mechanical Systems Design and 

Integration Branch: Disaster Survivor Assistance 

and Housing Task Force

Dan Sutliff, Acoustics Branch: Disaster Survivor 

Assistance and Housing Task Force 

FLORIDA

Carl Blaser, Mechanical Systems Design and 

Integration Branch: environmental and historical 

preservation 

Bethany Eppig, Environmental Management 

Office: environmental and historical preservation 

John Richard Leigh Gatto, NASA Safety Center: 

Disaster Survivor Assistance

Anthony Roberts, Advanced High Frequency 

Branch: environmental and historical preservation

MISSISSIPPI

Tracy Cantley, Facilities Fabrication Engineering 

and Process Branch: logistics, coordination of 

assignments for FEMA volunteers

PUERTO RICO

Linda Bartos, Facilities Test Division: logistics, 

Disaster Recovery Center 

Shannon Eichorn, Facilities Test Division: 

individual assistance, Disaster Recovery Center 

Eric Faykus, Engineering and Operations Branch: 

disaster report analysis and where needed

Dave Fuller, Science and Space Technology 

Systems Branch: local government, U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Puerto Rico Emergency 

Management liaison

Billy Hau, Diagnostics and Electromagnetics 

Branch: Water Task Force

Keith Martin, Engineering Management Branch: 

logistics, generators and electrical repairs, Army 

Corps of Engineers 

Michael Perez, Aerospace Test Branch: logistics, 

fuel specialist

Chip Redding, Mechanical Systems Design and 

Integration Branch: IT specialist

TEXAS

Amy Hitabidel, Technology Transfer Office, public 

assistance, reimbursements 

Jason Ondercik, Engineering Management 

Branch: individual assistance for application 

forms, resources and services

VIRGIN ISLANDS (St. John)

Robert Kohler, Technical Services Branch: 

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Keith Martin, left, and another FEMA volunteer stand on top of 

one of the many collapsed bridges in Puerto Rico.

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Michael Perez prepares to make fuel delivery in Puerto Rico.

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On the Cover: 

Glenn’s Eric Faykus delivers food to families 

in need of basic supplies while canvassing 

communities in San German, Puerto Rico.

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“I’ve been through three hurricanes, but 

I’d never seen anything like this before.”

Dan Fuller, Puerto Rico

“Officially, I was an individual assistance specialist 

to help people with their FEMA applications. 

Unofficially, I was someone people could talk to.”

Jason Ondercik, Texas

Glenn Volunteers Assist FEMA (continued)

Portions of this article were taken from Nancy Smith Kilkenny’s article on the Glenn website,

https://go.nasa.gov/2z5A5wj.

By Doreen B. Zudell
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Younes Hosts SCaN All Hands Meeting

GRC-2018-C-00196 Photo by Rami Daud

Badri Younes, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Space Communication, pictured, visited Lewis Field, Dec. 14. 

He held a Glenn Space Communications and Navigation 

(SCaN) All Hands meeting in the MIC Auditorium. His presentation, titled “Decade of Light,” detailed the agency’s current 

work and future vision for enabling efficient and reliable 

space communications.

Photo by Rami Daud

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Colonel Fischer shares highlights of his Expedition 51/52 mission.

Fischer Captivates Audience With Post-Mission Briefing 

Expedition 51/52 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer attracted nearly a full house of employees and Girl Scouts of North East 

Ohio (GSNEO), to the MIC Auditorium, Jan. 18, for his post-flight mission briefing. He engaged the audience with video and 

entertaining accounts of an “awesome” 5-month experience aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Fischer reflected 

on the teamwork and attention to detail from ground support while working on the S.S. John Glenn cargo/supply ship, 

which carried two of the center’s experiments—Zero Boil-Off Tank and Spacecraft Fire Experiment-III. Also notable was 

the highlight of the on-orbit renewal of his wedding vows for his 20th anniversary. Following the employee briefing, Fischer 

answered questions from the GSNEO guests, with whom he communicated via amateur radio, June 23, during the mission. 

NEWS AND EVENTS

FEBRUARY 2018
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Looking for some science-based indoor fun for the kids? A new mobile app at the Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC) 

allows you to explore the NASA Glenn Visitor Center like never before! Explore inside the Apollo capsule and navigate 

like an astronaut or run a space station experiment like a scientist. The app, using virtual and augmented reality, offers 

exploration into six NASA artifacts and is available on iOS. 

Learn more about the app at http://greatscience.com/explore/events-programs/nasa-glenn-visitor-center-app, 

and then take the kids to the GLSC to experience it firsthand!

NASA marks the 60th anniversary of its establishment as a U.S. government agency 

in 2018. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed NASA’s founding legislation, the 1958 

National Aeronautics and Space Act, on July 29, 1958. NASA considers its birthday to be 

Oct. 1, the day the agency opened for business.

NASA has released an official logo for use in observing this milestone anniversary. Created 

by NASA graphic artist Matthew Skeins, the logo depicts how NASA is building on its 

historic past to soar toward a challenging and inspiring future.

Check future AeroSpace Frontiers issues and Today@Glenn for announcements about how 

Glenn will be celebrating this milestone—and how you can get involved.

For more information on the logo, visit https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-releases-logo-for-upcoming-60th-anniversary.

Visitors travel out of this world using the new app at the Glenn Visitor Center.

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Photo by Great Lakes Science Center

New App Takes Visitors on Mission to STEM

Agency Unveils 60th Anniversary Logo
NASA has been named the Best Place to Work among large federal 

agencies for 6 years in a row. According to rankings compiled by the 

Partnership for Public Service, NASA earned an employee engagement 

score, or happiness rating, of 80.9 out of 100 in 2017!

The Delta Blue Seafood & Barbeque and City Club Catering are currently operating in the service area of 

the Glenn Café every weekday from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

Delta Blue offers hot homemade entrees such as Memphis barbeque pulled pork, baked Alaskan salmon 

and southern fried chicken, with an array of sides selections, salads and soups. City Club Catering offers 

freshly made lamb and chicken gyros, Greek salads, fresh hummus and pita and more. 

Cash or credit cards are accepted by both vendors. Keep checking Today@Glenn and the Glenn Exchange 

website for a complete menu. 

The NASA Glenn Exchange is still in the process of identifying a permanent alternative for providing food 

services at the center. In the meantime, please direct any questions to the Exchange Operations Manager, 

Krasynthia K. Johnson, 216–433–5083.

NEW! Delta Blue is now serving breakfast in the cafeteria from 7:30 to 10:00 a.m.

Delta Blue offers a variety of homemade entrees, sides, salads and soups. City Club Catering offers employees freshly made Greek fare.

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Two Food Vendors Serving in Cafeteria 

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MORE THAN A MEMORY

Paul R. Aron, 86, a 1994 retiree with 31 years of 

service, died Nov. 11, 2017. Aron performed pioneering 

research on high temperature superconductivity (HTS) 

materials applicable for aerospace systems. He served 

as deputy manager for the center’s HTS technology 

program and helped develop the secondary-ion mass 

spectrometry (SIMS), a laser device used to collect 

data on the composition of solid surfaces and thin films 

to analyze the magnetic field of these materials. Aron 

retired as deputy chief of the Photovoltaics Branch, 

Power Technology Division.

Two Glenn Employees Are 

SFA Team Award Honorees

Stephen Ryan and Christopher Fulton were honored with 

a Space Flight Awareness (SFA) Team Award, Dec. 7, at 

NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. They were recognized as 

members of the Mission and Fault Management (M&FM) Test 

Group cited “for exceptional dedication to quality, rigor and 

process improvement in testing of the M&FM Model for the 

Space Launch System.” 

Ryan, Aeronautics and Ground-Based Systems Branch, 

and Fulton, ZINT/Intelligent Control and Autonomy Branch, 

developed code for the M&FM Vehicle Management End-to-End 

Testbed to unit test M&FM algorithms.

The SFA Team Award recognizes small groups of employees that 

have demonstrated exemplary teamwork while accomplishing 

a particular task or goal in support of the human space flight 

program to ensure flight safety and mission success.

RETIREMENTS AWARDS

Helen J. Kabak, Center Operations Directorate, retired 

Dec. 31, 2017, with 29 years of service.

Sandra L. Kosakowski-Cook, Research and Engineering 

Directorate, retired Dec. 31, 2017, with 34 years of service. 

Catherine C. Lewis, Science and Space Technology 

Systems Branch, Systems Engineering and Architecture 

Division, retired Jan. 31, 2018, with 10 years of service.

Joe Zoeckler, Fluid and Cryogenic Systems Branch, 

Propulsion Division, retired Dec. 29, 2017, with 31 1⁄2 years 

of federal service, including 28 1⁄2 with NASA.

PROMOTIONS

Michael A. Evans has been 

selected Spectrum Analyst in 

the Space Communications and 

Spectrum Management Office. 

Evans previously served as the 

lead wave-form developer for 

a number of in-house Space 

Communications and Navigation 

(SCaN) Testbed experiments.

Evans

Kabak Kosakowski-Cook

John C. “Jack” Estes, 87, a 1991 retiree with 

29 years of service, died June 26, 2017. Prior to 

joining NASA, Estes was a U.S. Air Force veteran 

of the Korean War with extensive experience in the 

aircraft industry. He primarily supported launch 

vehicles, including the Atlas-Centaur and ShuttleCentaur programs, before retiring as chief of the 

Operations and Special Projects Office, Space 

Station Directorate. Estes also oversaw the genesis 

of the center’s work package for power systems 

operations on the International Space Station.

Estes
11 NASA Glenn Employees: For more calendar information, visit https://wing.grc.nasa.gov/event-calendar/.

Upcoming Center Events

Deadline for next calendar section 

is Feb. 16, noon. News and feature 

stories require additional time.

MARCH OUTDOOR SIREN TESTING

The Emergency Management Office 

staff will conduct an audible mass 

notification test on the “all clear” 

tone on Saturday, March 3, at Lewis 

Field. An outdoor “voice” test will 

be conducted at Building 15 on 

Wednesday, March 7. 

POC: Allen Turner, 3–6826

WOMEN’S RETIREE LUNCHEON

The next Women’s Luncheon is 

Thursday, Feb. 15 at 1 p.m. at the 100th 

Bomb Group, 20920 Brookpark Rd. 

Please reserve your place by notifying 

Gerry Ziemba at 330–273–4850 or 

gto64gerry@yahoo.com.

GSEL MOBILE LIBRARIAN

The Glenn Science and Engineering 

Library (GSEL) Mobile Librarian will 

be visiting Building 49, Feb. 20 to 

March 1. A Glenn reference librarian 

will be ready to assist employees 

with subject searches, finding 

specific books and articles and 

other information needs on the spot. 

POC: Robin Pertz, 3–5776

LESA will hold its next membership 

meeting, Wednesday, March 14, noon, 

in the Glenn Employee Center’s Small 

Dining Room.

IFPTE LOCAL 28, LESA MEETING

Help Staff the FIRST Robotics 

Buckeye Regional Competition!

Game Theme: Teams are 

trapped in an 8bit video 

game and use power cubes 

to defeat the boss!

Over 60 high school teams 

and 1,500 students will 

participate in this annual 

STEM event.

Staff are needed in various 

positions around the field 

and in the pit area. Any time 

you can offer in this NASAsupported event would be 

appreciated. FIRST Robotics 

is an incredibly fun and 

satisfying activity!

For more information and to register, visit 

http://www.oai.org/firstbuckeye/volunteers.html.

Thursday, March 1 • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Main Cafeteria, Building 15

POC: Robert Piccus, 3–5539

New Year, New Technology

The annual NASA Technology Expo is quickly approaching!

Learn about the latest in emerging technologies, view live demonstrations and 

speak with industry experts. Hosted by the Office of the Chief Information Officer.

To Register: www.federalevents.com/nasaglenn

March 29–31

Cleveland State University’s

Wolstein Center

POCs: Stephanie Brown-Houston, 3–8006, or Tim Dedula, 3–3668

FEBRUARY 2018
Room for one more. Glenn’s ISS Research team has taken 

responsibility for a new addition to NASA’s Advanced Combustion 

via Microgravity Experiments (ACME) project. 

Located in the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) aboard the 

International Space Station (ISS), the ACME hardware was 

developed to enable five unique experiments for researchers at 

universities from across the country. It is remotely controlled from 

Glenn’s ISS Payload Operations Center and the resulting flame data 

could lead to improved fuel efficiency and pollutant reduction.

“Despite some startup challenges, we’ve successfully ignited 

over 50 flames and acquired a sixth ACME experiment,” 

explained ACME Project Scientist Dennis Stocker. “During 2018, 

we plan to carry out the Coflow Laminar Diffusion Flame (CLD 

Flame) and Electric-Field Effects on Laminar Diffusion Flames 

(E-FIELD Flames) experiments and start the Burning Rate 

Emulator (BRE) experiment.”

CLD Flame and E-FIELD Flames are two of the five experiments 

designed to improve our understanding of flame behavior for 

practical benefits on Earth. CLD Flame will extend the range 

of flame conditions that can be accurately predicted, especially 

under conditions where the flame is sooty or could become 

unstable. E-FIELD Flames will investigate how an electric field 

can be used to control flames, through their naturally occurring 

ions, to reduce pollutant emission. The BRE experiment is 

focused on flammability to help us improve spacecraft fire 

safety. 

The additional ACME experiment, formally titled “Spherical Cool 

Diffusion Flames Burning Gaseous Fuels,” seeks to expand 

upon the 2012 discovery of cool diffusion flames in droplet 

combustion research conducted in the CIR. The new research 

will explore whether gaseous fuels ejected from a porous 

spherical burner can similarly yield cool diffusion flames.

By S. Jenise Veris

Glenn is the lead for NASA’s studies of microgravity combustion and fluid physics, and was responsible for the design 

and construction of the CIR facility and ACME hardware and software. For more information on the project, visit 

www.nasa.gov/feature/studying-flame-behavior-in-microgravity-with-a-solid-high-five.

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ISS Research Update: ACME...Flame On!

ISS Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli configures the CIR to enable 

the first ACME project experiments.

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Photo by NASA