Helium is sourced as a byproduct of natural gas, which is produced naturally through the radioactive decay of uranium and thorium. It is mostly found and commercially produced from gas deposits in the ...

SpaceX’s historic Polaris Dawn mission was delayed by at least 24 hours on Monday after a helium leak, the aerospace company ...

Even before the pair launched on June 5 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, Starliner’s propulsion system was leaking helium. The leak was small and thought to be isolated, but four more cropped up ...

The delay follows multiple helium leaks onboard of the spacecraft since its launch which Boeing has been unable to fix. A report by CBS reveal that NASA was aware of a helium leak before the ...

Sunita Williams, Barry Wilmore, Don Pettit and Nick Hague were launched into space on 5 June on what was due to be an ...

Researchers have detected a giant tail of gas leaking from an exoplanet near Earth ... up to 200,000 tons (180,000 metric tons) of mostly helium and some hydrogen gas per second, which is likely ...

The vessel's return to Earth had already been delayed because of issues with some of its thrusters and leaks of the helium gas which pushes fuel into the propulsion system. Nasa is carrying out a ...