“Yeah, there’s a lot of particulates flowing around here.” “Yes we — we turned them off with the U.I.A.” “And you can reconnect your S.C.U. and we’ll take a look at that.” “It’s a lot of water flowing.” “Is it still coming out? “If —” “I don’t, I don’t think we can do it.” “Yeah — there’s water everywhere here.” “OK, let’s get your S.C.U. The spacewalk for today has been canceled due to a spacesuit cooling unit water leak that began right after the suits were put on internal battery power. After opening the hatch between the equipment lock and the crew lock, NASA astronaut Matt Dominick went into the crew lock portion where NASA astronauts Tracy Dyson and Mike Barratt are just to inspect the crew lock for any water particles.

Source: New York Times June 24, 2024 18:16 UTC