NASA Cancels Plans For May 25 Starliner Launch

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Credit: United Launch Alliance
NASA has again postponed launch of a Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on its first crewed flight to allow managers more time to review an issue with a thruster jet on the capsule's service module that has a slight helium leak, the agency says. The flight test, which is needed to certify Starliner...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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