Boeing's 1st astronaut flight now set for June after a review of small leak on new capsule
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Boeing is aiming for its first astronaut launch in June, after weeks of struggling with problems on the Starliner capsule; officials said the capsule can safely fly 2 test pilots to the ISS.
Engineers suspect a defective rubber seal the size of a shirt button, and say that even if the leak worsens, it could be managed in flight. All of the capsule's other seals checked out, said NASA's commercial crew program manager Steve Stich, prompting managers to target June 1 for the launch.
This will be the third test flight for Starliner. Demos in 2019 and 2022 had no one aboard. Boeing had to repeat the empty flight because of software and other flaws the first time.
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