Its deja vu all over again.
NASA and Boeing are developing spacecraft testing and operational solutions to address the issue.
The spacecraft consists of a reusable crew capsule and an expendable service module.
The team at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center working to mate Starliner’s crew module with its service module in January 2023.Photo: NASA
Helium is used in the spacecrafts thruster systems to allow the thrusters to fire without being combustible or toxic.
NASAs other commercial partner, SpaceX, just launched its eighth crew to the space station.
Despite the minor anomaly, NASA decided to go ahead with a crewed test flight anyway.
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