NASA interns designed a washing machine for astronauts

Illustration credit: Ellen Bausback / NASA. Article by Kristin Houser. Freethink – July 31, 2021.

A pizza joint’s Slushie machine inspired the winning design.

NASA recently challenged its interns to design a washing machine for astronauts aboard the ISS — and their idea, inspired by a Slushie machine, might one day actually make it to space. Space laundry: The average mission aboard the ISS is six months long, but astronauts are only allowed […]

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