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Excerpt from cosmosmagazine.comThe Boeing Starliner continues to experience setbacks and new launch date has now been set down for the end of May.
A small helium leak in the Starliner’s service module caused the latest postponement.
The decision by the launch partners Boeing, NASA and United Launch Alliance means the spacecraft will be sent up no earlier than Saturday 25 May at 3:09pm USEDT (Sunday 26, 5:09am AEST).
The original May 8 launch was scrubbed due to a faulty oxygen relief valve.
A joint statement clarified the next launch window would allow crews to “work through spacecraft closeout processes and flight rationale before proceeding”.
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