ESA - How to keep spacesuit 'underwear' clean?
How to keep spacesuit ‘underwear’ clean? Spacewalking is a major highlight of any astronaut’s career. But there is a downside: putting on your spacesuit means sharing some previously-worn underlayers. A new ESA study is looking into how best to keep these items clean and hygienic as humans venture on to the Moon and beyond. During the Space Shuttle era, each astronaut was issued with their own ‘External Mobility Unit’, the official term for a spacesuit. But crews aboard the Internatio...
Christopher Columbus Christophe Lasseur Malgorzata Holynska Weltraum Forum Oe Austrian Space Forum Vienna Textile Lab
Source: esa.int