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ISS Fluids and Combustion Facility – Fluids Integrated Rack Operations

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  • FCF – FIR
    • Colloids Investigations
      • Advanced Colloids Experiment-M1 (ACE-M1)
      • Advanced Colloids Experiment-M2 (ACE-M2)
      • Advanced Colloids Experiment-M3 (ACE-M3)
      • Advanced Colloids Experiment-H1 (ACE-H1)
      • Advanced Colloids Experiment-H2 (ACE-H2)
      • Advanced Colloids Experiment-T1 (ACE-T1)
    • Bio Physics Investigations
      • Light Microscopy Module-Bio1 (LMM-Bio1)
      • Light Microscopy Module-Bio3 (LMM-Bio3)
      • LMM-Microchannel Diffusion Experiment (LMM-MDE)
    • Biological Investigations
      • Advanced Plant Experiments-03 (APEX-03)
      • LMM-Petri Plants
      • LMM-Microchannel Diffusion Experiment (LMM-MDE)
      • PACE-LMM-Bio (Tech Demo)
    • Thermo-Physics Investigations
      • Constrained Vapor Bubble-2 (CVB-2)
    • Flow Boiling and Condensation Experiments (FBCE)
    • FIR Ground Unit
    • FCFOPS
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FCF-FIR Overview

The Fluids Integrated Rack (FIR), located in the US Laboratory Module (Destiny), enables investigators from multiple disciplines a large, optics bench platform to integrate a large “mini-facilities” or configuration of optical components similar to their experiment in their ground laboratories. Developed by NASA’s Glenn Research Center, the FIR was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) in August 2009 by the Space Shuttle (STS-128).

FCF-FIR Payload Operations

  • FCF – FIR
    • Colloids Investigations
      • Advanced Colloids Experiment-M1 (ACE-M1)
      • Advanced Colloids Experiment-M2 (ACE-M2)
      • Advanced Colloids Experiment-M3 (ACE-M3)
      • Advanced Colloids Experiment-H1 (ACE-H1)
      • Advanced Colloids Experiment-H2 (ACE-H2)
      • Advanced Colloids Experiment-T1 (ACE-T1)
    • Bio Physics Investigations
      • Light Microscopy Module-Bio1 (LMM-Bio1)
      • Light Microscopy Module-Bio3 (LMM-Bio3)
      • LMM-Microchannel Diffusion Experiment (LMM-MDE)
    • Biological Investigations
      • Advanced Plant Experiments-03 (APEX-03)
      • LMM-Petri Plants
      • LMM-Microchannel Diffusion Experiment (LMM-MDE)
      • PACE-LMM-Bio (Tech Demo)
    • Thermo-Physics Investigations
      • Constrained Vapor Bubble-2 (CVB-2)
    • Flow Boiling and Condensation Experiments (FBCE)
    • FIR Ground Unit
    • FCFOPS
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