Elizabeth Howell (she/her), Ph.D., is a staff writer in the spaceflight channel since 2022 covering diversity, education and gaming as well. She was contributing writer for Space.com for 10 years before joining full-time.
Crew Flight Test astronauts Barry Wilmore and Suni Williams, both of NASA, arrive at the agency's Kennedy Space Center on May 28, 2024 ahead of the launch of their mission aboard Boeing Starliner. A previous KSC launch attempt on May 6 was scrubbed two hours before liftoff.
Both CFT astronauts are also former U.S. Navy test pilots, and thus have participated in the development of other aerospace projects over the decades. The leak is not an immediate risk to a launch, since helium is an inert gas; both Crew Dragon and thehave launched safely with helium leaks, they noted. The concern is how that leak would affect the reaction control system ; that is a set of 28 small engines aboard Starliner for modest maneuvers in orbit.
Additionally, the other 27 thrusters have no leak at all, creating a large buffer if other leaks arise, NASA's Steve Stich, program manager for the agency's commercial crew program, emphasized
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