I almost drowned in space when my helmet filled with water

What’s Happening

Okay so During his second-ever spacewalk, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano felt water creeping across his face – and knew he could be moments from drowning inside his helmet Comment and Space I almost drowned in space when my helmet filled with water During his second-ever spacewalk, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano felt water creeping across his face – and knew he could be moments from drowning inside his helmet By Luca Parmitano 27 March 2026 Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email Luca Parmitano during a spacewalk on 9 July 2013 ESA/NASA When the water reached my face, it spread over my nose and up into my nostrils in an instant.

I was almost blinded, I couldn’t hear anything and I couldn’t breathe through my nose. I already knew I needed to reach the airlock and get back inside the International Space Station. (plot twist fr)

The key question: how long did I have before the water reached my mouth and I couldnt breathe at all?

The Details

When you go on a spacewalk, you enter a new world. It’s an insanely privileged perspective.

Inside the ISS and looking through the windows of the cupola , you’re still inhabiting the safe world of the space station. It’s like staring into a large and fr clean aquarium.

Why This Matters

But when I leave the ISS for a spacewalk, I am immersed in the void. I’m in an environment that doesn’t need me. If I wasn’t inside my spacesuit, I would be dead within minutes.

Scientists and researchers are watching this development closely.

Key Takeaways

• Deep-space sci-fi novel is delightful, profound and not to be missed The infinite horizon of stars and blackness is so vivid.
• On one of my spacewalks, I was being moved from one side of the space station to the other on a robotic arm .
• I had no frame of reference because the space station was behind me, Earth was behind me.
• And for the first time in my life, I perceived the three-dimensionality of space.

The Bottom Line

Since then, I’ve tried to relive that moment. But I haven’t been able to do it.

Are you here for this or nah?