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Water Leak in Astronaut's Spacesuit Helmet Halts Spacewalk For the second time in less than three years, a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station has been cut short because of a water leak in an astronaut's helmet.   NASA to Capture Best-Ever Portrait of Coral Reef Health NASA is about to get up close and personal with Earth's corals: The space agency will use airplanes and water instruments to survey these delicate structures and capture the most detailed views ever of the planet's corals. Read More     Dream Chaser Spaceplane to Supply the Space Station After losing a bid to SpaceX and Boeing to taxi astronauts to the International Space Station, Sierra Nevada's miniature space shuttle Dream Chaser will have a new mission — flying cargo for NASA. China to Send a Mission to Moon's 'Dark Side' China is moving forward with plans to land a probe on the far side of the moon, state news agency Xinhua reports.   Additional Space Headlines Save Big by Following @PurchDeals on Twitter! We put some of the best deals on space related merchandise and much more directly in front of you, getting you ready for an out of the world 2016. Follow us today! Read More Red, Dead Galaxies Are Also LIERs, Scientists Say New observations of galaxies where no new stars are being born may give hints as to why these galaxies died, but have also earned these galaxies the acronym LIERs. Read More How NASA's Flying Observatory Revealed Secrets About Pluto  Dual observations of Pluto from an observatory strapped to a high-flying airplane and a probe near the dwarf planet's surface proved doubly powerful at revealing secrets about the icy dwarf planet. Read More     Most Powerful Supernova Ever Discovered Blasts Away Competition A newly-discovered supernova is the most powerful ever found. NASA Jupiter Probe Sets Distance Record for Solar-Powered Spacecraft A NASA spacecraft in the home stretch of its five-year journey to Jupiter has just become the farthest-flung solar-powered probe in history. Magnetic MoonWalker Shoes Ditch Gravity Experience low gravity on Earth just by donning a pair of shoes.   You are receiving this email because You've received this message because you've registered or accepted our invitation to receive email from SPACE.com To unsubscribe, click here Copyright 2016 Purch.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 150 Fifth Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10011 2425 Lincoln Ave. Ogden, UT 84003