Astrium Instrument To ‘Sniff Out’ Dangers To Health Of ISS Crew
When the next crew of the International Space Station (ISS) sets off into space aboard a Soyuz spacecraft on December 19, their luggage will contain an electronic nose developed by Astrium. This ‘E-Nose’, as it is called, will measure the crew’s exposure to bacteria and fungi in the Russian segment of the space station from 2013.