Astronaut broke out into space because of the water in the suit - BBC Russian

problems started an hour after the astronauts in outer space

EVA astronaut Luke Parmitano had an emergency stop after a helmet in his suit showed up water.

situation was so critical that the Italian astronaut was not able to hear or speak. To return to the International Space Station had to seek the assistance of his colleague, Christopher Cassidy, who was also in the open space.

Luke Parmitano was to become the first Italian to have committed a spacewalk.

“He looks pained, but it’s all right” – gave Cassidy a mission control center.

Where in the helmet is damp and moist, it’s unclear. One possible source of leakage could be a container of drinking water in the helmet. However, according to Parmitano, the taste of the liquid in the helmet was not like drinking water.

Before

colleagues on board the ISS took off his helmet, astronaut told them: “It is full of water”.

NASA interrupts spacewalks only in exceptional cases. In this case, the Italian astronaut could choke, breathing in a drop of water.

problems started an hour after the astronauts into space. It was planned that for six hours astronauts will engage repack cables and other routine maintenance. It was the second spacewalk in eight days.

Suddenly

Parmitano reported that neck feels a lot of water. At first it was assumed that this sweat caused by hard work, but he was assured that this can not be.

According to preliminary estimates, the volume of water accumulated in the helmet, was about half a liter.

Once the water gets into your eyes an Italian, it was decided to return astronauts to the space station.

It was the first spacewalk Parmitano 36-year-old, who arrived at the ISS in late May.