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July 17, 2013

Astronaut's helmet leak forces abrupt end to spacewalk
Washington, District Of Columbia (AFP) July 16, 2013
An Italian astronaut discovered "funny" tasting water leaking in his helmet during a spacewalk at the International Space Station Tuesday, forcing an early end to the outing, NASA said. The US space agency said it was probing what caused the situation, but stressed that the astronauts were not in any danger during what was supposed to be a routine repair job at the orbiting lab. Instead, it became the second shortest spacewalk in history, following a 14-minute outing in 2004 that was terminated ... read more

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