Does Space Have A Smell

Researchers have been able to identify numerous compounds and elements within the galaxy many of which are also found here on earth.

Does space have a smell. The smell of space clings to the space suit making it possible for humans to safely assess its characteristics and odor. If you tried you d die. Now the same fragrance is available in a bottle called as eau de space developed by chemist steve pearce who is also the founder of omega ingredients.

These particles are brought inside into the space stations with the astronauts and they mix with the air. Obviously space is a vacuum so no one has really smelled it before in the traditional sense of the word. They can t smell it while they re actually bobbing in it because the interiors of their space suits just smell plastic y.

Here s what astronauts over the years have had to say about their impressions of the stench of space. The smell of space is so distinct that three years ago nasa. While we can t smell anything in outer space because as we mentioned anyone attempting to do so would almost instantly die what we can.

What does space smell like. But we can smell it indirectly. As it turns out space actually does have a distinct odor.

Space astronaut tony antonelli has said definitely has a smell that s different than anything else space three time spacewalker thomas jones has put it carries a distinct odor of ozone a. Astronauts who have gone on spacewalks consistently speak of space s extraordinarily peculiar odor. They claim that the smell that the astronauts inhaled is the result of high energy vibrations in particles in space.

It s fairly obvious that you cannot survive in a vacuum so you can t really smell space first hand but a distinct smell has always been noted every time an astronaut has come back to the space station after his her space walk. Other astronauts have confirmed that space has a kind of strange metallic odor. But upon stepping back into the space station and removing their helmets.