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NASA waves off spacewalk after astronaut suit springs a leak (edition.cnn.com)
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The delayed spacewalk is only the latest in a string of setbacks around operations on the International Space Station in recent weeks.

This marks the second spacewalk in recent days that has been abruptly called off due to spacesuit issues.

In addition to the aborted Monday spacewalk, the federal agency has been aiming to carry out another on July 2 — before giving Boeing’s Starliner capsule the green light to undock from the orbiting laboratory and make its return home.

The Starliner spacecraft has been on its first crewed test flight to the space station. But the vehicle encountered several key issues during the first leg of its trip, including springing helium leaks and experiencing thruster outages, that have delayed its return.

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[-] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

There are always some on ISS. Somewhere from 4-6 is typical from what I've read. In a mix of piece sizes too. The EMU is modular enough to fit most body sizes by matching different leg and torso combos.

There are only around 18 or so total suits too. They get swapped around from Earth to ISS regularly for refurbishment.

[-] kamenlady@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Reading your comment made me remember seeing a documentary about the suits. They are also pretty old, or?

[-] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

Yep. They were originally part of the Shuttle program. They cost around $20M each so NASA has kept them going.

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