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Water leak in astronaut's helmet cuts short US and British spacewalk [i]A spacewalk outside of the International Space Station was terminated on Friday (Jan. 15) after an astronaut reported a small water bubble forming inside his spacesuit's helmet. NASA astronaut Tim Kopra called down to Mission Control in Houston just before 11:00 a.m. CST (1700 GMT) to alert about the leak, noting that the water was about 3 inches (8 cm) above his head. By moving, he was able to come into contact with the water and noted it was cold, a sign that it might be coming from his portable life support backpack. "We're in a terminate case," radioed NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman in Mission Control, relaying Flight Director Royce Renfrew's decision. "We want you to start heading back to the airlock."[/i]
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