Helium Leak Delays NASA and Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight – What’s Next?
Washington, DC – NASA and Boeing are facing yet another delay in the first crewed flight of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, this time due to a helium leak in the propulsion system. The Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission, originally set for May 21, has been rescheduled for no earlier than May 25 at 3:09 p.m. Eastern to address the issue. The helium leak was discovered in a thruster in the spacecraft’s service module, causing the …