Believing that they finally solved the problem of the leaking helium in the fuel line, Boeing announced that it will launch the first manned mission of its reusable spacecraft, the Starliner, on Saturday at 12:25 p.m. from Cape Canaveral, Florida, NBC News reports.
It’s at least the fifth scheduled date for the Starliner mission, which will deliver two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station should it ever happen. The original mission was scheduled for nine days at the ISS before the two-person crew returns in the Starliner, which is unique among American spacecraft because it will use cushions to return to a spot on land, not splashdown in the ocean as typically is done with manned unpiloted landings.