NASA Calls Off Spacewalk at International Space Station After Water Leaks From Astronaut Tracy Dyson’s Spacesuit (Watch Video)
Astronauts Tracy Dyson and Mike Barratt opened the hatch to the space station's airlock when Dyson reported water leaking from her spacesuit's cooling system. The leak occurred when Dyson switched her spacesuit to battery power. The astronauts hadn't floated outside yet.
Washington, June 25: NASA on Monday canceled a spacewalk at the International Space Station after water leaked from an astronaut's spacesuit. Astronauts Tracy Dyson and Mike Barratt opened the hatch to the space station's airlock when Dyson reported water leaking from her spacesuit's cooling system.
The leak occurred when Dyson switched her spacesuit to battery power. The astronauts hadn't floated outside yet. “There's literally water everywhere here now,” Barratt said. The duo were not in danger, according to NASA. NASA Astronauts Stuck in Space: Sunita Williams, Barry Butch Wilmore 'Stranded' at International Space Station as Boeing Starliner Experiences Helium Leaks, Elon Musk's SpaceX May Join Rescue Mission.
NASA Calls Off Spacewalk After Water Leaks
The astronauts were supposed to remove a faulty communications box and collect microbe samples from outside the orbiting laboratory. The spacewalk was planned for nearly seven hours, but lasted only a half hour. Sunita Williams in Space: Health Concerns For Indian-Origin NASA Astronaut and Crew After ‘Spacebug’ Detected at Space Station.
Earlier this month, a spacewalk was postponed after another astronaut experienced “spacesuit discomfort.”
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