A potentially deadly spacesuit water leak that nearly drowned an Italian astronaut during a spacewalk last July was one of the scariest close calls in NASA's spacewalk history. In fact, the ...

July 16, 2013 — -- Astronaut Luca Parmitano nearly drowned during his spacewalk this morning, NASA officials said during a press conference this afternoon. During his second walk in two weeks ...

The Italian astronaut who nearly drowned when his helmet filled with water during a July 16 spacewalk took to his blog this week to describe the experience.. Luca Parmitano, 36, started the post ...

Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano is speaking out about what it felt like during a harrowing near-drowning inside his spacesuit during a recent spacewalk. See what Parmitano felt as his spacesuit ...

The Italian astronaut who nearly drowned in his helmet during a spacewalk last month is sharing more details about the terrifying experience, revealing how he felt all alone and frantically tried ...

Former NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman says he feared drowning during a spacewalk, when a malfunction threatened to fill his spacesuit helmet with water.

An astronaut’s helmet was flooding with water. Lucky for him, ... He had to get back on board fast before he drowned. But to do that, he needed help from his crewmates.

He nearly drowned in his own space suit just a few months ago. On his blog yesterday , he explained that, even though astronauts may seem stoic, they are very aware of how dangerous their jobs are.

Now, in a blog post posted on 20 August, Parmitano has described the experience in excruciating, chilling and sometimes wry detail. The aim of his July spacewalk with Nasa astronaut Chris Cassidy ...

Now, for the first time, we're hearing about the drowning scare in the astronaut's own words. By Connor Simpson. August 21, 2013. Share. Save. This article is from the archive of our partner .

How astronaut Luca Parmitano survived a harrowing ordeal when his spacesuit's helmet started filling with water. ... ’ The Strange Case of the Drowning Astronaut. 2 minute read.

Problems on spacewalks are not uncommon, and they can be serious — in 2013, ‌Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano nearly drowned in space, after water from his suit’s cooling system leaked into ...