• Question: what is the atmashere like up there

    Asked by 12blundenjas to Kevin, Katie, Jon, Floris, Delma, Adrian on 8 Jan 2016. This question was also asked by silva1000.
    • Photo: Katie Hassell

      Katie Hassell answered on 8 Jan 2016:

      On board the ISS there is an artificial atmosphere, which will be similar to Earth. Outside, at the height that the ISS is at, there is actually a very little bit of atmosphere, it’s mostly atomic oxygen and very very thin, not enough to breathe.

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