400 kilometres above the ground, in the ISS space station, you can’t just stick your head out the window and breathe fresh air, if harmful gases should leak into the indoor environment of NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and her colleagues. Now, Norwegian and German technologists are developing new and fast working technology for monitoring the indoor air in the space station. Credit: NASA
How do we prevent astronauts in space from inhaling hazardous gases? A German-Norwegian hi-tech optical gas sensor provides a solution. “Astronauts must receive early warnings if harmful or unpleasant gases get mixed in with their breathing air,” says Senior Scientist Atle Honne at SINTEF. “Because in space you can’t just open a window to ventilate the room,” he says.
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