Living in space is tricky. First of all, you forget that there is no gravity pinning you and objects around you to the ground. To achieve optimum Earth-like results, specially designed equipment is used in space to do simple things like brushing your hair, going to the bathroom, and getting a haircut.
In conditions where even doing mundane tasks could become taxing, haircuts are no easy feat. Currently, the International Space Station (ISS) is home to seven astronauts from around the globe. Recently, an ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer shared a video clip showing how haircuts happen aboard the ISS.
To be clear – the ISS is not like Earth. Each strand of hair that is removed from someone’s head could keep flying in microgravity if not immediately removed. To avoid unnecessary hair issues, astronauts aboard the ISS use a specially designed trimmer that has a vacuum attached – to suck hair as they come.
In the video, you can see Raja Chari, an American astronaut cutting Maurer’s hair. ” Step into the space salon where barber @astro_raja is a man of many talents Because none of us want hair in our eyes, or – even worse – the @Space_Station systems, our hair clippers come with a vacuum attached. Five stars for this space stylist’s service
#CosmicKiss,” Maurer wrote on Twitter.
Step into the space salon where barber @astro_raja is a man of many talents ???♂️ Because none of us want hair in our eyes, or – even worse – the @Space_Station systems, our hair clippers come with a vacuum attached. Five stars for this space stylist's service ⭐️? #CosmicKiss pic.twitter.com/dDsXHaSgG5
— Matthias Maurer (@astro_matthias) December 19, 2021
Currently, the astronauts are part of a team that arrived to ISS on the SpaceX Crew Dragon and are expected to stay there for the next six months. This marks Maurer’s first stay at the space station, working for the mission “Cosmic Kiss”.Currently, the astronauts are part of a team that arrived to ISS on the SpaceX Crew Dragon and are expected to stay there for the next six months. This marks Maurer’s first stay at the space station, working for the mission “Cosmic Kiss”.
