American researcher and astronaut Harry Coumnas talks about his biggest nightmare he had faced while he was out on a routine spacewalk. Harry talks about a life-threatening non-routine incident that still gives him chills. He adds," I could feel some liquid inside my helmet, and ignored it at first, thinking it was my sweat because it takes gigantic effort to do anything in a spacesuit." Nevertheless, he chose to ignore it at first and continued the routine work, while it all made sense later on and he felt that the water was far too much.

Harry Coumnas considered that another possible explanation could be that the water might be coming from his drinking bag, but that thought too didn't work well in convincing him since he could feel a lot of water on the back of his head. The leak was getting worse, and he couldn't figure out where the water was coming from, but all he could tell that it was increasing with every passing minute.

Things started getting worse since his ability to see was already compromised, and the mission control considered terminating the spacewalk as the best decision. The sensations were awful since his veins were trying hard to get rid of water by shaking his head. The situations had been getting worse, his helmet was half-filled with water, he couldn't understand the direction that would lead him back to the airlock, and what added to it was that he couldn't make out the usage of handles that would lead him to the station.

It was certainly the most difficult situation that I had ever experienced in life. The communication had stopped entirely, but I did manage to make it back to the airlock, where my crewmates were anxiously waiting to get me out of the helmet, added Harry Coumnas during a recent interview.

Although this malfunction couldn't be entirely explained by NASA, they remarked that the blockage had caused the water to leak.

About Harry Coumnas

Harry Coumnas is a renowned astronaut and researcher who has presented notable papers on numerous aspects of space. He's currently working on the existence of exoplanets. In one of his recent interviews, he opened up about the most challenging time he has ever had in space.