NASA has named two likely causes of water leaks in a space suit astronaut - ITAR-TASS

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Staff of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the next few days will establish the cause of water leakage in the suit of Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano, due to which the day before had interrupted a spacewalk. At a press conference on Tuesday, said a spokeswoman for NASA Karina Eversley

Karina Eversley, program manager for spacewalks:

– At the moment we do not fully understand the cause of the problem. In the next day or two, our specialists will try to find out what happened in orbit.

employee NASA also added that it is currently considered the two most likely source of the leak – the capacity for potable water and cooling suit. At a press conference just noted that U.S. experts are faced with a similar problem for the first time during the operation of their spacesuits.

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