NASA announced the first launch of a manned mission aboard a Boeing Starliner will be delayed again thanks to a persistent helium leak technicians have not been able to stop, the Washington Post reports, setting the next potential date for June 1st at 12:25 p.m. ET.
It’s the fifth delay for the mission which is supposed to deliver NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore to the International Space Station. Williams and Wilmore also should be worried because Boeing is going through another safety crisis: 300 of the company’s 777-series aircraft are under review after the FAA noted an electrical issue could spark static electricity in the fuel tanks, causing a fatal boom, per the Daily Mail.