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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

According to hospital staff, the civil hospital has three oxygen plants including one liquid medical oxygen (LMO) plant and ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — There's such great demand for liquid oxygen in Central Florida, especially for COVID patients, that authorities are asking residents to immediately stop watering their lawns.

Typically, OUC receives about 10 deliveries of liquid oxygen each week. But for weeks, it’s either missed deliveries or, like this week, only received three tanks.

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