Astronaut describes almost drowning on spacewalk

An Italian astronaut who nearly drowned during a July 16 spacewalk outside the International Space Station used his blog to describe the terrifying ordeal.

“At this exact moment… I ‘feel’ that something is wrong,” Luca Parmitano, an astronaut with the European Space Agency, wrote in a blog post. “The unexpected sensation of water at the back of my neck surprises me — and I’m in a place where I’d rather not be surprised.”