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2 new helium leaks discovered on Boeing's Starliner — forcing NASA astronauts to skip sleep to fix them


Two helium leaks appeared on the spacecraft en route to the International Space Station, in addition to a leak engineers knew about prior to launch. The crew are not thought to be in any danger.

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