NASA Could've Prevented The Near-Drowning Of An Astronaut
Luca Parmitano NASA During a routine spacewalk outside the International Space Station in July of last year, Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano's helmet began filling with water. "[T]he water covers my nose--a really awful sensation that I make worse by my vain attempts to move the water by shaking my head. By now, the upper part of the helmet is full of water and I can’t even be sure that the next time I breathe I will fill my lungs with air and not liquid," he wrote about the ordeal in a blog post. A review of the incident by NASA’s Mishap Review Board was ordered. Released today, the report details what happened, and how it might've prevented what the board’s chair, Chris Hansen, told reporters was one of the most dangerous spacewalk incidents ever. "This is probably the most...