Electronic Nose To Return From Space Station
Friday, September 11, 2009 - 10:21
in Astronomy & Space
Sniffing out any potential contaminants on the International Space Station where it was stationed for the last six months, the NASA-built electronic nose, or ENose, is homeward bound. While on the space station, the ENose sampled the air with 32 sensors that can detect various odors and pinpoint which ones are dangerous to humans.