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Navy SEAL astronaut explains how water leaked into spacesuit helmet (video)

Posted at 12:45 PM, Aug 01, 2013
and last updated 2013-08-01 12:45:01-04

Former Virginia Beach-based Navy SEAL Chris Cassidy shot this video explaining how water got into a fellow crewmember’s space suit helmet and cut short their spacewalk on the International Space Station. It’s not the first video Cassidy has shot from orbit, check out his explainer on how to shave your head in space. Read more about the scary incident at Bad Astronomy.

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