Returning to Earth the astronauts said, what does space smell like
For some in orbit smells like metal welding, for the other — mushroom soup.
Russian cosmonaut Sergei Ryazansky, who returned from the ISS, said that open space has a characteristic smell of metal welding.
“I must say that the question “what does space smell like” we discussed with all crew on station. So, for me it’s the smell of metal welding, such a specific tone” — the words Ryazan “Interfax”.
His colleagues at work, to feel the “breath of cosmic wind” at the station after the docking of transport ships, also expressed their impressions.
“Astronaut Jack Fischer he was associated with the smell of burning metal, which, in General, close to the weld. But it has been associated with sensations in the nose, when the train brakes sharply, the smell of hot rail. And Randy Breznik somehow compared the smell of outer space with a mushroom soup, but we decided that he had something wrong with sense of smell. That is still the majority compared the aroma of open space with burnt metal: it is very specific, messed up,” — said the astronaut.
Lander spacecraft “Soyuz MS-05” 14 Dec returned to earth the Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, American and Italian astronauts Randolph Bresnik and Paolo Nespoli. The crew stayed on the ISS 139 days. Work will continue in orbit cosmonaut of the Roscosmos Alexander Misurkin, and NASA astronauts mark Vande Hai and Joseph Aqaba. On Tuesday docked to the station “Soyuz MS-07” with a crew of astronaut of Roskosmos Anton Shkaplerov, NASA astronaut Scott Tingle and astronaut of the Japanese aerospace exploration Agency, Noriega Kanae.