Spacewalk aborted after water leaks into astronaut's helmet

January 16, 2016 00:10

Two spacewalking astronauts -- including Britain's first -- successfully restored full power to the International Space Station today.

But the spacewalk was cut short after water leaked into one of the men's helmets in a scary repeat of a near-drowning 2 and a half years ago.

NASA astronaut Timothy Kopra took everyone by surprise when he reported a small water bubble and a few minutes later, a film of water, inside his helmet.

Wary of the close call of another spacewalker in 2013, Mission Control terminated the planed six-hour spacewalk at the four-hour and 10-minute mark.

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