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Drowning in space: astronaut tells of spacewalk terror

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Technology

Drowning in space: astronaut tells of spacewalk terror

An Italian astronaut who nearly drowned in his helmet during a spacewalk has spoken of how he felt all alone and frantically tried to come up with a plan to save himself.

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