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Two astronauts completing a spacewalk high above the earth during which they removed a broken cooling pump on the international space station. the damaged system has hampered operations aboard the orbitalant could be finished next week. here is tom jones, author of "sky walking, an astronauts memoir." tom, its good to see you. >> thanks, merry christmas to you. >> lets talk about this. this is a very critical mission for the astronauts on board of international space station. todays walk, spacew...

Thanks so much for joining us bright and early. >> my pleasure. >> here on terre firma. explain how this led to a problem with the astronaut almost drowning. >> the cooling pump, they have two cooling loops. one of the loops, the pump is not working. they have to replace the whole unit. they tried to do work-arounds but nothing seemed to get them happy with whats going on. the last time we did a space walk a few months ago, an italian astronaut had a problem with his space suit. >> had a problem...

Morning. get the nutrition in the morning. once youre in the space suit you are going a long time without eating. we have drinking water. we have a 32 ounce drink bag you can drink. but no food. >> you mention dangerous. and there is drama in this. this didnt seem to have a sense of urgency and now there is. >> they are creative people and they looked at hooking at a different valve to control the cooling pump and that didnt work. software fixes to control the pump and valve they were having

Just a few months after a nasa restaurant nearly drowned inside his space suit during a space walk two astronauts will start the first of three emergency space walks tomorrow at the international space station. they need to fix a broken cooling pump which would cause the space station to overheat. there are two more space walks scheduled for monday and christmas day. in july as i said about a gallon of cooling water leaked from an astronauts space suit into his helmet and yes he nearly drowned. ...

Karl pierson has written on his arm the latin phrase meaning the dye has been cast. he wrot the numbers and letters for rooms in the building including the library where he planned to kill a teacher. two astronauts will perform a series of space walks to repair a broken cooling pump on the international space station. in toronto, mayor rob ford danced along with other city council members to celebrate an agreement to promote a live music along with austin, texas. and since the austin city co...

>> great to see you. thank you. >> festive in the christmas tie. >> im a christmas guy. you know me. >> merry christmas. thank you very much. >> youre welcome. >> we have updates for you on the problems tied to the international space station. all astronaut wants for christmas is a spacewalker two. now there is news he might get his wish this week. news that two cooling pump on the space station occurred because of a bad valve. they are considering the spacewalk to fix the problem. the experienc...

In houston always remind me is, this is risky stuff and we should not take it lightly. >> reporter: heres why. this past summer you may remember a spacewalk had to be cut short after one of the astronauts helmets started filling with water. the italian crew member was not injured at the time but the walk only lasted about an hour 1/2 instead of the more than six hours it was scheduled for. at that time crews were prepping the station for the arrival of a new russian laboratory module. now nasa a...

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Heather, i dare you to do the news. >> okay. ill take it from here. good morning to you. hope youve off to a good day. weve serious situation op the international space station right now. the fix could be a risky space walk like the one in the movie "gravity". >> explore! do you copy? >> okay. so here is what cooling pump sg and that cooling pump keeps vital systems working, including life support. there are currently six astronauts, including two americans on board. if they cant fix the problem...

Issues or lack thereof in terms of security, and then right now with that back room, back order cash register not work, you cant get your paper. you have to hand the paper to the insurance company so they know you exist in terms of paying for it. this is a disaster from many. we keep hearing stories from many. in the meantime, heather nauert has headlines. >> good morning. hope youre off to a great day. its 7 minutes after the hour. weve serious situation to tell you about taking place on the in...