Boeing Starliner's debut crewed flight delayed again to check helium leak

) delayed the launch of Boeing's Starliner crew capsule again on Friday, giving them four more days to assess a helium leak before attempting to launch the spacecraft's first two astronauts into space, the space agency said Friday.

The latest postponement will give more time "to finalize next steps that address a stable helium leak", NASA said. The launch is now targeted for no earlier than 3:09 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 25. Starliner's latest mission, called the Crewed Flight Test, is due to be the final test before the spacecraft is certified by the U.S. space agency to fly routine astronaut missions to the ISS. Boeing completed an uncrewed Starliner trip to the ISS in 2022 following years of technical and management issues.

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