Cleaning a spacecraft

Astronauts in space expect cargo ships to be clean when their new shipments arrive. But how clean is clean, and how do you clean the inside of a spacecraft?

ESA’s Automated Transfer Vehicle blog editor Julien Harrod investigates how the cargo hold of Europe’s largest supply spacecraft was ensured bacteria and grime-free before launch – without getting his hands dirty.

The knowledge gained by ESA and European industry from designing, building and operating the complex ATV missions is now being applied to NASA’s Orion spacecraft that will fly astronauts to the Moon and beyond. ESA’s industrial partners are building the European Service Module, ATV’s technical successor for Orion to supply power, air and propulsion during its test flight in 2017.

[abcd]

That's quite an interesting insight. Especially the biohazard-avoidance in space. Thinking about it, it's no wonder, due to space's deteriorating effect on the immune system..
Guess I want to say: Thanks! :)

[DonFervo]

were can I hire these guys? My girl's comming in 2 hours and I have to get my room ready

[urban]

This is of course interesting, but since it was one year and one day since the last ATV ever was launched, shouldn't the video have been released long ago?

[Pleplerhep]

Scale a dishwasher up, cram it in there?