In space, it will be possible to wash clothes: Tide and NASA develop a revolutionary laundry detergent

Procter & Gamble, which owns the Tide brand, together with NASA announced the development of a revolutionary

washing powder.

What is known

A new generation of powder will allow astronautswash your clothes in space, because now this is impossible. There are various reasons, but the main one is water. The fact is that astronauts use a closed water supply system, so cleaning products must have safe ingredients so that the water can be turned into drinking water after washing.


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Because of this problem, astronauts on the Internationalthe space station often has to carry things multiple times and then store them away. Tide's new development will help solve this problem. First of all, you will not need water to use the powder. In addition, it will be made from degradable detergents. The first tests of the new product are planned for 2022.

By the way, such a powder can be used on Earth. According to the company, it will be more environmentally friendly.

Source: Businesswire

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