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Tube installed inside the space suits themselves, so if, for any reason water did build up in the helmets, the astronauts could take breaths of air from the snorkle. but, didn't have any problem with either of the space suits. everything went very, very well on the first of the space walks as far as the safety of the astronauts is concerned. cnn. >> we like that. good news, thanks so much, john. now, a developing story out of africa. u.s. aircraft came under heavy gunfire during a mission to evacuate american civilians. four service members are injured. the country has been in turmoil since ...

Go on a space walk. >> it's actually pretty dangerous business. we're very careful, we check out our space suits diligently, handle them carefully. there's lots of people involved on the ground to handle them, once you get to space, the crew looks out for each other, with he work with the control center and make sure everything's good. once you get out there you have to be careful because it could be a dangerous situation, but because we're so careful and because our equipment is so good and we practice and train so much and have such a good team, we usually don't have any problems. >> you kno...

Helmet. if it is squishy it means there is a leak in the space suit. the other unusual item is the snorkel. >> they basically cut these apart and use their standard velcro they have on board. >> reporter: nasa is modifying space suits because the italian astronaut luca parmitano almost drowned on a space walk on july 16th when water flooded in to his space suit and helmet. engineers think they know why the space suit flooded but aren't sure if they fixed the problem. it was a scenario mission control never imagined and something they don't want repeated during the next three space walks schedu...

Of course every spacewalk is inherently life-threatening and the last one in july was very concerning a as water filled the helmet as he was spacewalking. >> it's hard to tell but it feels like a lot of water. >> i see, yeah. houston.s nasa briefing still the director says despite investigation and trouble shooting the cause of the water in the helmet issue is unresolved. while at the space station, the space suits have been jerry rigged. >> this is a helmet absorption pad and this is a modified absorbent pad for the crew member's helmet. this is the first line of defense. if water enters the ...

Floating off into blackness. >> i didn't like that, either. >> reporter: astrophysicist nitpicked via twitter, noting that nearly all satellites orbit earth west to east, not east to west as in the film. he pondered why her hair, otherwise convincing zero-gravity scenes did not float freely on her head. >> it kind of poofs a bit. >> reporter: the real astronaut doesn't quibble with the spacesuit. it's what's under it. >> the undergarments were not accurate, but again, it's a movie. >> which would i rather see, sandra bull loy in boy shorts or the fancy underwear with tubing that they wear unde...