Leak in astronaut helmet causes scrapping of spacewalk

July 17, 2013 08:50

A serious water leak inside an astronaut's helmet forced NASA to cut short a spacewalk Tuesday outside the International Space Station.

European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, who last week became the first Italian to walk in space, reported a buildup of water inside his helmet about an hour into an excursion with U.S. astronaut Chris Cassidy.

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