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Elizabeth Howell

NASA delays ISS spacewalks indefinitely to investigate spacesuit coolant leak

A ghostly lit picture of astronaut chris cassidy in a spacesuit in space. the astronaut holds on to the international space station hatch with his right hand.

NASA says its next spacewalk will be delayed indefinitely until engineers understand more about what caused a coolant leak on June 24.

Tracy Dyson, a NASA astronaut, had a brief spacesuit leak a month ago while still in the hatch of the International Space Station (ISS). She and Mike Barrett had just opened the door for a 6.5-hour spacewalk for maintenance activities, when showers of ice particles erupted from a spacesuit connection to the ISS. The spacewalk was suspended, but the astronauts were never in any danger, NASA has emphasized.

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