UPDATED: Astronaut loses toolbag in Grease-gun incident

While trying to grease-up the Space Station's creaky solar-panel-rotating gears, some grease accidentally squirts into the toolbag, and astronaut Heide Piper loses her bag while trying to clean it up. In case you are wondering what happens if an Astronaut floats away, note the large white backpack on the back of their spacesuits; this is known as the "SAFER" unit and is a jet-powered backpack to allow the astronaut to float back to the station during U.S. spacewalks. To the best of my knowledge, it has never been needed. Russian spacewalks, also conducted at the International Space Station, do not have similar technology, so if any astronaut (including an American) loses their tether and their grip during a Russian spacewalk, their career is probably over.

UPDATED version includes more original footage, and a closer look at the SAFER backpack.

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• accident
• space
• walk
• NASA
• spacewalk
• floating
• toolbag
• greasegun
• EVA
• Heidemarie
• Stefanyshyn-Piper
• Space
• Shuttle
• Endeavour

[flatsignedbooks]

Ed White lost a glove. While we can all make comments on how "stupid" she was, just remember one thing, gravity and lack of

[auroral]

Or better yet, how about these items lost in space Glove Spatula Rubbish Camera Toothbrush Pliers Nuclear Fuel A rocket A pen Bolts (as in nuts) Would anybody care to find out how much the nuclear fuel cost? And the gender that lost most of this? Yeah.

[onecrazywheel]

$13,000 mistake

[DelCristo41]

ITs gonna land on an alien planet and they will be.....KEWWWWLLLL CHECK THIS SHIT OUT!

[muhideen]

D'Oh !!

[itchyundies]

that`ll be $19.95 per grease gun thanks and should be using men for a mans job dang womans should be in the kitchen cooking up a storm

lol

[consiliere96]

never mind your lipstick wasnt inside

[Protagonist]

I know for certain a woman lost the camera. Theirs a video of it on youtube.

How do you lose a spatula in space? Or a toothbrush for that matter?

[eatmoremonsters]

Yes it's a woman!

[hardastit]

haha nigga plzz

[1meter65]

omg! It woul have been better when she must have followed the bag! Women! Next time, she loses the ISS!!!!!