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  2. Explainer-What is helium and why is it used in rockets? - AOL

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    That system failed in space during the final phase of Ariane 6's otherwise successful debut launch in July, adding to the global rocket industry's long list of pressurization challenges ...

  3. SpaceX delays Polaris Dawn launch after helium leak is detected

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    The capsule, carrying four citizens, was expected to lift off early Tuesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, but a helium leak pushed the launch until no earlier than Wednesday.

  4. SpaceX Polaris launch postponed after helium leak is detected

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    The mission, known as Polaris Dawn, had been scheduled to lift off early Tuesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. However, SpaceX announced on X that a helium leak delayed the launch ...

  5. Effects of ionizing radiation in spaceflight - Wikipedia

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    dependence of risk on dose-rates in space related to the biology of DNA repair, cell regulation and tissue responses; predicting solar particle events (SPEs) extrapolation from experimental data to humans and between human populations; individual radiation sensitivity factors (genetic, epigenetic, dietary or "healthy worker" effects)

  6. List of accidents and incidents involving the International ...

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    July 29: The recently docked Nauka space station module experienced a computer glitch that caused it to fire its thrusters, causing the space station to be rotated end-over-end one and a half times; a "spacecraft emergency" was called for the first time in the history of the program by flight director Zebulon Scoville. [66]

  7. Kennedy Space Center - Wikipedia

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    Since the end of the Apollo program in 1972, LC-39 has been used to launch every NASA human space flight, including Skylab (1973), the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (1975), and the Space Shuttle program (1981–2011). Since December 1968, all launch operations have been conducted from launch pads A and B at LC-39. Both pads are on the ocean, 3 ...

  8. Historic Starliner crewed launch attempt delayed again due to ...

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    The launch was expected on May 17 after a previous delay, but teams found a small helium leak in the service module of the spacecraft, according to a release from Boeing. Starliner teams traced ...

  9. Boeing Starliner: Troubled spacecraft finally takes off on ...

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    Previous two attempts had been postponed at the last minute because of technical issues