{"id":21698,"date":"2024-05-15T23:30:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T15:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/starliner-cft-delays-again-due-to-service-module-leak\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T23:30:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T15:30:27","slug":"starliner-cft-delays-again-due-to-service-module-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/starliner-cft-delays-again-due-to-service-module-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"Starliner CFT delays again due to service module leak"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Boeing announced Tuesday morning that they, ULA, and NASA are now no longer targeting a launch for this Friday of Boeing\u2018s first crewed Starliner mission. Due to a helium leak on the Starliner\u2019s service module, the launch is slated for no earlier than May 21.<\/p>\n

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Sadly we\u2019ll have to wait another week before we witness Starliner\u2019s historic launch from Cape Canaveral with NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. After correcting and replacing a valve on ULA\u2019s Centaur upper stage, teams are now assessing a helium leak on Boeing\u2019s service module.<\/p>\n

Helium, which isn\u2019t toxic or flammable, is used regularly in spaceflight to keep sections purged or pressurized. Specifically, this leak is coming from a single reaction control thruster and Boeing is still developing tests and solutions for the issue.<\/p>\n

The hope is they won\u2019t have to destack the Starliner spacecraft from the rocket. Doing so would cause further delays, hopefully not long enough that Boeing loses their opening to dock with the ISS.<\/p>\n

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