THIS is the horrific moment an astronaut’s helmet filled with water as he floated outside of the international space station, almost killing him. Luca Parmitano found himself contemplating de… ...

NASA quickly aborted the spacewalk. (NASA/Associated Press) The astronaut whose helmet flooded during a spacewalk says he now knows what it feels like to be a goldfish in a bowl.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Now he knows what it’s like to be a goldfish in a fishbowl. Two days after his helmet flooded during a spacewalk, astronaut Luca Parmitano relived the experience ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA aborted a spacewalk at the International Space Station on Tuesday because of a dangerous water leak in an astronaut’s helmet that drenched his eyes, nose and mouth.

But they had to cut short their spacewalk after NASA astronaut Timothy Kopra reported a small water bubble and a few minutes later, a film of water, inside his helmet. Wary of a near drowning by ...

The article also said that Cassidy believed it may have been from the bag of drinking water that each astronaut has available to them during spacewalks, and that he said it looks like a half-litre of ...

That's nothing, NASA officials pointed out, compared with the 1 to 1 1/2litres of water that escaped into Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano's helmet and suit in July 2013.

PHILADELPHIA – On the side of the NASA-themed helmet in this year’s U.S. Naval Academy Football Team uniform floats a painted astronaut. That astronaut isn’t just any astronaut.

European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano works on the International Space Station before a helmet leak caused concern. Photo / AP Now he knows what it's like to be a goldfish in a fishbowl ...