"The decision to
suspend the walk, as European astronaut Luca appeared Parmitano water in
diving," said Solovyov told Interfax.
The "fluid
leakage" occurred when Parmitano and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy
performing repair and maintenance tasks outside the orbital outpost.
"After that the
U.S. took the decision on the urgent return of the astronauts aboard the
ISS," said Anna Vedisheva, spokesman for the Russian space agency
Roscosmos.
