Spacewalk Aborted When Water Fills Astronaut's Helmet

astroengine writes "A planned six-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station came to a dramatic and abrupt end on Tuesday when water started building up inside the helmet of Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano. Parmitano and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy were less than an hour into their spacewalk, their second in a week, when Parmitano reported that his head felt wet. 'My head is really wet and I have a feeling it's increasing,' Parmitano reported to ground control teams at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Parmitano returned safely to the space station interior, but the cause of the leak was not immediately known."

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Re:I guess those Space Nutters were right

[c0lo]

There is water in space!

Only in the head of Italian astronauts. At least, that's how I read:

Parmitano returned safely to the space station interior, but the cause of the leak was not immediately known

I mean: what else is there to leak in the helmet?