Astronauts are trained to handle dangerous situations and are prepared for emergencies that could occur in outer space.<\/p>\n
\"We're worried about fire. We're worried about toxic atmosphere,\" NASA astronaut Drew Morgan said in the latest instalment of Euronews' Ask Our Astronaut.<\/p>\n
The astronaut was responding to one of your questions submitted on social media: \"What is the biggest and most terrifying thing astronauts fear about being in space?\"<\/p>\n
Euronews space correspondent and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Luca Parmitano picked his favourite questions from more than 100 submitted online.<\/p>\n
\"There is always the possibility that we could depressurise or that a hole could be punctured by a micrometeoroid or something and we could leak our atmosphere overboard,\" Morgan said, adding that they train for that regularly. But he said astronauts don't think about that on a daily basis.<\/p>\n
\"We know that our line of work is dangerous and we train for that and we're prepared for that,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Instead, Parmitano and Morgan said they're focused on making sure they don't embarrass their space agencies and countries. They just want to do their job effectively.<\/p>\n
\"The only fear that we have is the unknown,\" Parmitano added. \"So the things that we are ready for, that we are prepared for, don't scare us.\"<\/p>\n
Watch the full report from the International Space Station in the video player above.<\/p>\n
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