Six surprising everyday objects that wouldn’t exist without Nasa – including smoke detectors and shoe insoles

MISSIONS to outer space don’t just offer the world more rockets – but the everyday household items of the future, too.

Nasa’s Apollo programme was integral to the invention of so many items you can find around the home – so, here’s six surprising objects that wouldn’t exist without the US spacy agency.

AlamyNasa needed a 3D ‘spacer’ material to be used inside the boots which were intended to be the first to step foot on the moon – these are now known as insoles[/caption]

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