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Has there been air samples taken from space?

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There have not been any air samples taken from space because there is no air in space. Space is vast and there are always particles (usually hydrogen and helium) floating around. However, there is so few particles relative to the vastness of space, that taking samples of the "air" wouldn't accomplish much.

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