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Boeing’s Starliner finally soars, but mission control reports more helium leaks
Despite new leaks, mission control says Starliner can still dock with the space station.
In remarks shortly after Wednesday's launch, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said Wilmore and Williams, both former US Navy pilots, will "test this thing from izzard to gizzard" to ensure Boeing's Starliner is ready for operational six-month crew rotation missions to the ISS. The launch of the Starliner test flight moves NASA closer to having access to two independent commercial spacecraft ferrying astronauts into low-Earth orbit, the cornerstone of an initiative the agency started working toward a decade-and-a-half ago. Advertisement At the announcement in 2010, Boeing officials said they hoped to declare the CST-100 spacecraft operational in 2015, but Congress initially didn't appropriate the funding NASA said it needed to support development of new commercial crew vehicles after the retirement of the space shuttle.
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