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The spacewalk for today has been canceled due to a space suit cooling unit water loop leak that began right after the suits were put on internal battery power," an announcer on NASA Television said shortly after the spacewalk was canceled. "The crew is now moving back into the airlock and closing ... the hatch, then they will begin the repressurization process." Conditions were frosty inside the hatch during repressurization. "It's a little snowy in here, but not as bad as it was ... I have ice on my gloves still and on my helmet a little bit," Dyson said.

The spacewalk had been running slightly behind its expected beginning at 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT) due to some small issues with tethers and other matters, but that was within normal range until the duo reported ice crystals (water) coming from the spacesuit. "The spacewalk for today has been canceled due to a space suit cooling unit water loop leak that began right after the suits were put on internal battery power," an announcer on NASA Television said shortly after the spacewalk was canceled. "The crew is now moving back into the airlock and closing ... the hatch, then they will begin the repressurization process." Conditions were frosty inside the hatch during repressurization. "It's a little snowy in here, but not as bad as it was ... I have ice on my gloves still and on my helmet a little bit," Dyson said.