The International Space Station 'Smells Great,' Astronaut Says After Boarding Vessel
A NASA astronaut, who in 2015 traveled to the International Space Station (ISS), expected the air to have a foul odor, like the inside of a locker room. Instead, he explained how pleasant the station smelled due to a high-tech support system.
Astronaut Kjell N. Lindgren assumed the station's air would be putrid as six or more crewmembers are continuously working, exercising and sweating inside the air-tight metal space. However, because of a high-tech life support system, the area is kept clean.