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But that spacewalk can introduce something novel to the space station - the metallic “space smell”.

“Radiation forms free radicals on the surface, and they react with oxygen inside the space station, creating a metallic smell,” she says.

"In principle having materials such as wood which can burn up more easily would reduce certainly those metallic contaminants... But you may end up taking more material with you in the first place just to burn it up on the way down."

At 7 p.m. on the dot, drag queen Jupiter Genesis kicked off the show, wearing a layered purple boa and a metallic bustier.

"Officials tell us not to touch any metallic substance on the road."