Astronaut Chris Hadfield explains what happens to all five senses in space

May 11, 2013 13:51 GMT  ·  By

Living in space comes with a lot of perks, you get to float around and you have absolutely gorgeous views of the Earth 24 hours a day.

But there are some downsides too, like eating packaged food for six months. Thankfully though, you can't taste all that well.

You can't smell either, another bonus, since six people living in cramped quarters doesn't make for the freshest of atmospheres.

ISS astronaut Chris Hadfield has been keeping us entertained and informed for the past few months.

His latest videos, which appear to have been shot earlier, his hair is shorter in the videos, but are only now being published, deal with the five senses in space and how they are affected.

Most of them are actually affected by the lack of gravity mostly, apart from hearing and touch. Smell and taste are dimmed down and sight is sometimes permanently affected.