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NASA Is Building a Laundry Gun for Space — But Can We Use It at Home?
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (544+ words) Published on Sep. 10, 2026 Researchers are testing a plasma-powered laundry gun for space travel. Here’s how it works and whether it could ever reach homes. Everyone wants a way to make laundry easier. Apparently, so do astronauts. Unfortunately for them, that…...
Astronauts on the space station have no washing machine, because water is far too precious to waste on laundry, so they wear the same clothes for days and then pack the dirty ones into a cargo capsule that burns up on reentry, which means a fireball crossing the sky could, in theory, be a bundle of an astronaut's old underwear.
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (20+ words) In the vacuum of space, even underwear becomes hazardous waste—burned away in a fiery plunge that nobody talks about....
Scientists create 'laundry gun' for astronauts to clean their clothes by shooting out plasma
3+ week, 3+ day ago (467+ words) Stargazing tips, cosmic events and expert insights on the universe Never Miss a Discovery "This will reduce the microbial load and keep clothes and other soft surfaces clean, at least microbially, for astronaut health." If you have ever shared a…...