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How to wash your hair in space

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Expedition 36 Crew Member Karen Nyberg gives us a rundown of hair hygeine aboard the International Space Station.

The whole video is pretty great, but my favorite part is when she explains how the water sitting in her hair will later be taken up by the Space Station’s air conditioning system and processed into drinking water. Good to know the water in all these ISS videos isn’t going to waste.

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