A planned spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station has been cancelled after mission controllers noticed leakage from a docked Soyuz spacecraft.
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A 'visible stream of flakes' was first observed about 7.45pm EST (0045 GMT Thursday) prompting Russian flight controllers to abort the mission, a Nasa livestream showed.

Footage showed a torrent of snowflake-like particles spraying from the rear section of the capsule.

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