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Boeing Starliner team detects new helium leaks en route to space station
After a successful launch Wednesday with two astronauts on board, NASA and Boeing have discovered additional helium leaks on the spacecraft.
Just as astronauts Butch Willmore and Suni Williams were about to go to sleep for the night, mission control informed them that they needed to shut down two valves due to the new helium leaks. “We have some issues to watch overnight when in regards to the helium leaks that was just brought up, and we have a lot of smart people down here on the ground that are going to take a look at this stuff and keep an eye on it, but the vehicle is in a configuration right now where they’re safe to fly,” Boeing aerospace engineer Brandon Burroughs said on the NASA broadcast. United Launch Alliance technicians and engineers assessed the ground support equipment over the weekend, examining three large computers housed inside a shelter at the base of the launchpad.
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