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The Combustion Module-1 (CM-1), NASA's largest (over 1800 lb) and one of the most sophisticated combustion experiments ever to fly on the Spacelab, will be carried on the first Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL-1) mission aboard the space shuttle flight STS-83 in April 1997. The combustion module 1 (CM-1) is being developed to accommodate microgravity combustion experiments designed to help explain and predict the behavior of combustion processes. CM-1 is planned for flight in the Microgravity Science Laboratory 1 (MSL-1) Spacelab module

The SOFBALL investigation is the study of a relatively new combustion phenomena, observed in premixed gas combustion, called "flame balls." Based on the short duration microgravity research done to date, flame balls are spherical shaped flames which are apparently stable. Payload on MSL-1 on STS-83