The data behind the envelope

Every condition value PYRION uses comes from a NASA Physical Sciences Informatics (PSI) combustion investigation, with the file and location it was read from. This page shows what was extracted from each one.

Proof: how PYRION is checked

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Only NASA sources are accepted: an NTRS document number from ntrs.nasa.gov (e.g. 20250010653), or a NASA CSV or Excel table you upload.

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  2. Extract with quotes
  3. Located in the source by code
  4. Classified only if stated
  5. Every scenario recalculated (before/after)

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10,305 records in the files; 10,299 used by the engine after 6 were rejected by the engine's validator, from 18 of 24 PSI combustion investigations

Lineage: from PSI to a verdict

Every step is a file in the repository. Counts are read from the manifests and from the last committed validation report (2026-11-15 09:00:13 UTC).

  1. NASA PSI66,567files listed in 24 combustion investigations (13.5 TB)data/manifest/coverage.csv
  2. Selected and checksummed1,025files downloaded with SHA-256 (14.8 GB): tables, reports, test matricesdata/manifest/checksums_P*.csv
  3. Extracted10,299condition values, each with file, location, original text and unitdata/conditions/*.csv
  4. Traced to the source9,6508,529 table cells and 1,121 quotes re-read from the PSI filevalidation/run_all.py
  5. Automated gates0critical findings; 0 major, 134 minor logged for reviewvalidation/reports/latest.md
  6. Engine4 verdictsdeterministic rules: same records and target in, same verdict outengine/src

Coverage by investigation

18 of 24 investigations have extracted values so far, 1,669 distinct tests, 87 % of values read by code from PSI tables. Sorted by extracted values. A dash means that axis is not stated in the extracted records for that investigation, in PSI as read so far.

InvestigationValuesTestsO₂PressureGravityFuel phaseDiluentFlame typePapersDOI · license
PSI-69 FLEX
Flame Extinguishment Experiment
2,358275●●●●●—5110.60555/mbq8-0451
CC0-1.0
PSI-159 ACME CFI-G
Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments / Cool Flames Investigation with Gases
2,188334●●●●—●210.60555/cyt1-kh64
CC0-1.0
PSI-10 ACME/Flame Design
Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments / Flame Design
2,165328●●●●●●3310.60555/w4zy-bt45
license not stated on PSI
PSI-25 BASS-II
Burning and Suppression of Solids - II
1,095131●●●●●—1710.60555/4qc4-de67
CC0-1.0
PSI-107 SPICE
Smoke Point In Co-flow Experiment
924152●●●●●—910.60555/9kbh-e962
CC0-1.0
PSI-26 BASS
Burning and Suppression of Solids
387117●●●●●—1010.60555/58h4-dy80
CC0-1.0
PSI-39 CFI
Cool Flames Investigation
35780●●●●●—710.60555/m6pj-a914
CC0-1.0
PSI-101 SAME-R
Smoke Aerosol Measurement Experiment-Reflight
227109——●●●—610.60555/2np7-jv14
CC0-1.0
PSI-20 ACME BRE
Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments - Burning Rate Emulator
16323●●●●●—1610.60555/vb93-3y72
CC0-1.0
PSI-68 FLEX-2
Flame Extinguishment Experiment - 2
1299●●●●●—4810.60555/byp8-h018
CC0-1.0
PSI-23 ACME s-Flame
Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments-Structure and Response of Spherical Diffusion Flames
7519●●●●●—4410.60555/k57n-p030
CC0-1.0
PSI-99 SAFFIRE-II
Spacecraft Fire Experiment-II
5810●—●●●—710.60555/2chp-m469
CC0-1.0
PSI-21 ACME CLD Flame
Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments / Coflow Laminar Diffusion Flame
4233——●●●—1810.60555/23e1-9950
CC0-1.0
PSI-102 SAME
Smoke and Aerosol Measurement Experiment
339——●●●—1610.60555/gd4k-8h62
CC0-1.0
PSI-22 ACME E-FIELD Flames
Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments Electric-Field Effects on Laminar Diffusion Flames
3121●—●●●—2510.60555/se5a-8c73
CC0-1.0
PSI-100 SAFFIRE-III
Spacecraft Fire Experiment-III
233●—●●●—310.60555/040q-4h36
CC0-1.0
PSI-106 SLICE
Structure and Liftoff In Combustion Experiment
2313——●●●—510.60555/pm12-rg61
CC0-1.0
PSI-98 SAFFIRE-I
Spacecraft Fire Safety Experiment-I
213●—●●●—610.60555/0t15-1z43
CC0-1.0
PSI-47 DAFT / DAFT-2
Dust and Aerosol Measurement Feasibility Test / Dust and Aerosol Measurement Feasibility Test-2
————————210.60555/ztgj-d202
CC0-1.0
PSI-60
Computational and Experimental Analysis of SPICE Data Sets
————————110.60555/mzjm-yv57
CC0-1.0
PSI-62
Concurrent Flame Spread Modeling using Flamelet Generated Manifolds in Microgravity with Comparison to BASS Experiments using Two-Color Tomography
————————410.60555/e9xp-ex83
CC0-1.0
PSI-115
Utilization of the Smoke Aerosol Measurement Experiment Data for Advanced Modeling and Simulation of Smoke Generation in Micro-Gravity
————————010.60555/q0v5-1v28
CC0-1.0
PSI-117
Effect of External Thermo-Convective Perturbation on Cool Flame Dynamics: A Multidimensional Multi-Physics CFD Analysis
————————1010.60555/gz0q-b577
CC0-1.0
PSI-142
Quantitative Studies of Cool Flame Transitions at Radiation / Stretch Extinction Using Counterflow Flames
————————1210.60555/80qf-vj95
CC0-1.0

For predictive modeling

Inputs: the test conditions (oxygen, pressure, gravity regime, fuel and phase, diluent, flow, sample size). Outputs: the measured outcomes below, per test, with the source of each value. Join them on investigation and test id.

InvestigationMeasured outcomeUnitValues
PSI-10o2 mole fraction after test1187
PSI-10pressure after testkPa307
PSI-25o2 mole fraction after test1125
PSI-69burn times268
PSI-69test end—274
PSI-69visible flame extinction diametermm197
PSI-98burn times2
PSI-99burn times5
PSI-159burn times329
PSI-159cool flame—8
PSI-159hot ignition—333
PSI-159o2 mole fraction after test1179

Before training anything: these are values extracted and traced to NASA files, not a validated training set. Rows flagged insufficient evidence are excluded here and must not be used as measurements; tests differ in hardware, fuel and gravity regime, so pool across investigations only with care; and a model fitted to microgravity or normal-gravity tests says nothing direct about partial gravity. More outcomes recorded in NASA spreadsheets (ignition power, smoke measurements) are in the download as outcomes_extra, as recorded. Download the dataset.

How a value gets here

  1. The PSI files of each investigation are downloaded and listed with their SHA-256 checksum.
  2. Values are read by code from PSI experimental tables (cell by cell), or quoted from the investigation's documents with the page and the exact sentence.
  3. Each value keeps its original text and unit, its converted value, its file and location, and a status: extracted, or flagged as insufficient evidence.
  4. Automated checks run on every change: schema, provenance, cell trace against the source file, unit conversion, physical bounds, consistency and citation. Milestone reviews are run by separate automated reviewer agents (metrology, provenance, combustion, mission).

Data: NASA PSI, released under CC0-1.0 except where the table says otherwise. A hackathon project, not a NASA product.

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