ISS Astronaut Karen Nyberg Demonstrates How To Wash Hair In Space [VIDEO]

For girls hair is their crowning glory and styling and grooming it takes up a major part of their time. But if you are in outer space things can be different and highly difficult.  Having a perfect hair do is too far to think of but managing something as basic as washing  hair in space can definitely be complicated, especially in the zero gravity environment of the ISS.

A trip to outer space is no excuse for bad hair; even astronauts need to wash their hair occasionally. For all of those who are curious to know how they do it , a U.S. astronaut Karen Nyberg, 43, recorded a three minute video demonstrating how she manages to wash her hair in space without any running water.

The only female astronaut aboard the International Space Station, Nyberg is the only crew member on Expedition 36 with tumbling locks of blonde hair that flow below her shoulders.

Her Twitter Post read: "I have had a LOT of questions about how I wash my hair in space! Let me show you."

Even when her hair is pulled back in a ponytail, Nyberg's blonde hair billows uncontrollably around her head. In the video when Nyberg sprays hot water from a warm water bag onto her scalp, the droplets float off, behaving in the manner things generally do in  zero gravity. Yet she manages to scoop them back towards her hair. And once her hair is wet she squirts the no rinse shampoo. She works it through the ends of her hair with a handy comb. All these supplies that are needed are velcroed to the wall to prevent them floating about, and for easy access. By adding more squirts of hot warm water and then rubbing the scalp with a towel she makes sure the dirt is all gone from her hair.

Not a single drop of water is wasted. As Nyberg dries her hair the water vapours are gathered by the ISS air conditioning system that later processes the water and purifies it to be used as drinking water by the crew members.

Astronauts keep posting such interesting videos. Prior to this, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield posted a video of him playing a guitar and singing David Bowie's Space Oddity in zero gravity aboard the International Space Station. After this he was known as the first rock star in space.