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stanley cup A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket roars away from its Cape Canaveral launch pad, boosting Boeing s Starliner crew capsule into space for its first piloted test flight. Running years behind schedule because of technical problems, the rocket and spacecraft appeared to perform flawlessly during the climb to orbit. NASA Late in the day Wednesday, flight controllers detected signs of two more helium leaks in different parts of the ship s plumbing and carried out steps to isolate the affected lines. That stopped the leakage, but disabled six of 28 reaction control system jets in four propulsion modules mounted on the Starliner s service module. Mission managers said before launch that backup plans had been developed in ca Qhxa 8203;Police fatally shoot 2 robbery suspects at Houston store
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