Helium Leak Emergency Averted: NASA Closes Valves Onboard Boeing’s Starliner After Successful Docking at ISS
Cape Canaveral, Florida – Boeing’s Starliner successfully reached the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, accomplishing a crucial milestone in its first astronaut-crewed test flight. NASA and Boeing confirmed the docking at 1:34 p.m. ET, with NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams preparing to enter the ISS for a week-long stay. The docking came after the spacecraft faced challenges with helium leaks and a thruster issue that initially posed a threat to …