News about Starliner

LIVE: Tune in as NASA, @BoeingSpace and @ULALaunch officials hold a joint media teleconference to discuss #Starliner updates as they continue to evaluate a path toward launching Boeing's Crew Flight Test. www.youtube.com/live/hyoXOd8zKdI pic.twitter.com/LmNlSI9Yjb

Mission managers from NASA, @BoeingSpace, and @ULALaunch continue to evaluate a path forward toward launching #Starliner's Crew Flight Test. The teams are now working toward a launch opportunity at 12:25pm ET on Saturday, June 1, with additional opportunities on Sunday, June 2,… pic.twitter.com/nyV7UgAi3Y

Boeing and NASA are now targeting June 1 for the first astronaut launch of the company's Starliner spacecraft. That's despite a "stable" helium leak in the spacecraft's propulsion system that officials think is manageable and "really not a safety of flight issue." $BA…

Summary of the Starliner call: - Helium leak likely caused by a defective seal in flange; an isolated issue; - Studies of that led to finding of a "design vulnerability" in propulsion system that could affect deorbit burn in rare circumstances; developed workaround for now.