• Question: Can humans breathe normally in space as they can on Earth?

    Asked by The Comet Killer! to Vinita, Charlie 🚀, Andrea on 14 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Andrea Boyd

      Andrea Boyd answered on 14 Jun 2016:


      In space, no.

      On the International Space Station, yes. It’s a bit like being in an air conditioned plane or a submarine. We have a full Environmental Control and Life Support System recycles carbon dioxide back into Oxygen so the air on ISS is pretty similar to the air on Earth.

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