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ZIN Technologies Delivers $23 million Space Flight Hardware
2/19/2008
ZIN Technologies is pleased to announce the delivery of the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) to Kennedy Space Center for launch to the International Space Station. ZIN Technologies developed the CIR for NASA Glenn Research Center under the Microgravity Research Development and Operations Contract. The CIR is a facility designed to support sustained systematic combustion research and technology experiments on the International Space Station. The CIR will accommodate experiments that address critical needs in the areas of spacecraft fire safety (i.e., fire prevention, detection and suppression), incineration of solid wastes, power generation, flame spread, soot and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, in-situ resource utilization, environmental monitoring and materials synthesis.
The CIR was shipped to Kennedy Space Center from the NASA Glenn Research Center on Feb 19, 2008 and will begin the integration process for launch to the International Space Station currently scheduled in October 2008. Upon arriving at the International Space Station, astronauts will complete installation and the rack will begin operations in 2009. The ZIN operations team will monitor and operate the CIR from the Telescience Support Center located at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland Ohio.
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