The next step in making liquid oxygen is cooling it, and for that job [Shahriar] turned to the cryocooler from a superconducting RF filter, a toy we’re keen to see more about in the future.

James Lovell grew up in Milwaukee and graduated from Juneau High School went on to be an astronaut. Lovell has died at age 97 ...

He led the three-man crew that survived a near catastrophic explosion in space in 1970, and was later immortalized by Tom ...

Cameron County commissioners approved the request this week over the objection of some residents and SpaceX critics.

Liquid oxygen is key to getting SpaceX's rockets off the ground. The substance, combined with cryogenic liquid methane, fuels SpaceX's raptor engines, which provide the thrust required for liftoff.

SpaceX uses methane and liquid oxygen to fuel the Merlin engines on its workhorse Falcon 9 rockets. The company’s much larger next-generation rocket, Starship, also uses liquid oxygen as a ...

Liquid oxygen is produced by chilling atmospheric air to 300 degrees below zero, when oxygen separates from other gases and liquifies. “It is transported and stored in what are essentially ...

Demand for oxygen to treat COVID-19 patients is spiking during the latest pandemic surge, leaving liquid oxygen in short supply for other uses, including water purification and rocket launches. As ...

OUC normally takes deliveries of liquid oxygen by 10 tanker trucks weekly. That volume will be reduced to five to seven deliveries weekly, said Linda Ferrone, OUC’s chief customer and marketing ...

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer is asking residents to conserve water because liquid oxygen, used to treat the community’s water supply, is needed to treat the surge of Covid-19 patients in the community.

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