Independent: The space walk has been aborted after a dangerous water leak in Luca Parmitano's helmet. Parmitano reported feeling a lot of water round the back of his head an hour into the mission.
The asteroid zoomed by Earth at a perfectly safe distance of around 1.8 million miles (2.9 kilometers).
Engineers expect to lose contact with the private US moon lander Odysseus on Tuesday, cutting short the mission after its sideways touchdown last week.
NASA announced Tuesday that a $32.7 million Capstone spacecraft intended to try out a skewed lunar orbit had lost contact, but agency engineers are confident
Carrying out routine maintenance in the space is never a "routine".