another delay for history making space mission the polar Dawn SpaceX project has hit a snag but the plan after lift office remembers of the civilian crew to take a walk high above Earth in zero gravity the first ever organized by a private company cdv's Allison Bamford is on this beat today and Allison what does the holdup mean for the mission well Sandy this is a bit of a setback thanks to a helium leak the mission net should have launched today is now delayed at least 24 hours the team detected the leak in groundside equipment that's involved in the launch but the company says the spacecraft itself remains healthy the four-person crew is made up of two SpaceX Engineers a retired Air Force pilot and a billionaire entrepreneur who helped fund the mission they'll make history when two of them performed the first ever civilan Space Walk they're pushing the envelope in in multiple ways not just with the spacewalk they're also going to a much higher altitude with a more severe radiation environment than we've been to since Apollo the mission extends past the International Space Station where two astronauts Sunny Williams and Butch Wilmore are stranded after helium leaks created issues for NASA's Boeing Starliner test flight in June over the weekend NASA announced the Starliner will return to Earth in September without the astronauts citing safety reasons our core value is is safety and it is our North Star instead Williams and Wilmore will hitch a ride back to Earth with SpaceX during a mission in February as for the company's Polaris Dawn Mission the earliest takeoff is now Wednesday morning Sandy all right hitching a ride thanks Allison