Space Smells Funny, Astronauts Say

By Tariq Malik

Senior Editor

posted: 27 March 2009

04:12 pm ET





The smell of space will linger for the seven astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery long after they return to Earth on Saturday.



"One thing I've heard people say before, but it wasn't so obvious, was the smell right when you open up that hatch," Discovery pilot Dominic "Tony" Antonelli said after a March 21 spacewalk. "Space definitely has a… Continue