Riskiest SpaceX mission to date delayed after helium leak

The four Polaris Dawn astronauts sit inside SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft wearing the newly designed extravehicular spacesuits.

The launch of SpaceX's four-person Polaris Dawn mission will be delayed by at least a day because of a helium leak in ground equipment at Kennedy Space Center, the company said on Tuesday, hours before the scheduled liftoff of its Crew Dragon capsule.

"Teams are taking a closer look at a ground-side helium leak," it added in Tuesday's post. "Falcon and Dragon remain healthy and the crew continues to be ready for their multi-day mission to low-Earth orbit."

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