Oxygen leak sparks ISS spacewalk alert

An apparent oxygen leak ended a risky spacewalk by the international space station’s two astronauts just 14 minutes after it began.

An apparent oxygen leak ended a risky spacewalk by the international space station’s two astronauts just 14 minutes after it began.

Flight controllers said the spacewalk - to repair a circuit breaker - would not be attempted again until Tuesday at the earliest.

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