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NASA astronauts are already aboard the spacecraft when the countdown stopped due to a problem with a ground computer.
The next chance to send Starliner into orbit will be 10:52 am EDT (14:52 UTC ) Wednesday .
Engineers suspect a hardware problem or a network communication glitch caused the problem.
Boeing 's Starliner spacecraft will join SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule to give NASA two independent human-rated spacecraft.
NASA and Boeing were on the cusp of launching the Starliner test flight May 6 .
Officials called off the launch attempt due to a valve problem on the Atlas V rocket.
Engineers later discovered a helium leak on the spacecraft's service module.
A check of the helium system Saturday morning showed the leak rate had decreased from a prior measurement.
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