Helium leak further delays NASA and Boeing’s Starliner test flight

NASA and Boeing have once again delayed the launch of the crewed Boeing Starliner, following a helium leak in the spacecraft’s service module.

Earlier this week, it was announced that the teams were targeting Saturday 25^th May as the new launch date, but this has once again been delayed to Saturday 1^st June at the earliest.

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The crewed test flight was originally scheduled for take-off on 6^th May but was scrapped just two hours before due to an issue related to a pressure regulation valve on the liquid oxygen tank of the Atlas V rock’s Centaur upper stage.