Astronaut Safe After Helmet Water Leak Halts NASA Spacewalk

Credit: ISS: NASA
HOUSTON – NASA abruptly halted a planned 6 1/2-hr. spacewalk outside the International Space Station by U.S. and U.K. astronauts Tim Kopra and Tim Peake on Jan. 15 when water appeared in the helmet of Kopra’s NASA spacesuit. The leak was discovered shortly after the two men completed their primary...

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