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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/screenshot-2025-02-05-144102-1.png?w=1616\")
<\/a><\/figure>\nA still image of a video that shows a plastic rod and cotton-fiberglass fabric being burned during a ground test of the Lunar-g Combustion Investigation (LUCI) experiment.<\/div>\nCredit: Voyager Technologies<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAn experiment studying how solid materials catch fire and burn in the Moon\u2019s gravity was launched on Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard suborbital flight<\/a> this month.\u00a0<\/p>\nDeveloped by NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland together with Voyager Technologies, the Lunar-g Combustion Investigation (LUCI) will help researchers determine if conditions on the Moon \u2013 with reduced gravity \u2013 might be a more hazardous environment for fire safety.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>The video shows a plastic rod and cotton-fiberglass fabric being burned during a ground test of the Lunar-g Combustion Investigation (LUCI) experiment. Scientists will compare the ground test video to the video recorded on the Blue Origin flight.\u00a0
Credit: Voyager Technologies<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOn this flight, LUCI tested flammability of cotton-fiberglass fabric and plastic rods, and once launched, the payload capsule rotated at a speed to simulate lunar gravity. NASA Glenn researchers will analyze data post-flight.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/figure>\nA plastic rod and cotton-fiberglass fabric that were burned during testing for the Lunar-g Combustion Investigation. New, unburned samples were lit on fire during the flight.\u00a0<\/div>\nCredit:<\/strong> Voyager Technologies<\/strong>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nLUCI\u2019s findings will help NASA and its partners design safe spacecraft and spacesuits for future Moon and Mars missions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For more information on LUCI and the mission, <\/strong>visit<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/figure>An experiment studying how solid materials catch fire and burn in the Moon\u2019s gravity was launched on Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard suborbital flight<\/a> this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n Developed by NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland together with Voyager Technologies, the Lunar-g Combustion Investigation (LUCI) will help researchers determine if conditions on the Moon \u2013 with reduced gravity \u2013 might be a more hazardous environment for fire safety.\u00a0<\/p>\n On this flight, LUCI tested flammability of cotton-fiberglass fabric and plastic rods, and once launched, the payload capsule rotated at a speed to simulate lunar gravity. NASA Glenn researchers will analyze data post-flight.<\/p>\n LUCI\u2019s findings will help NASA and its partners design safe spacecraft and spacesuits for future Moon and Mars missions.\u00a0<\/p>\n For more information on LUCI and the mission, <\/strong>visit<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
Credit: Voyager Technologies<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/a><\/figure>