Liquid nitrogen isn’t exactly an everyday material, but it’s acquired conveniently enough to be used in extreme overclocking experiments, classroom demonstrations, chemistry and physics experiments, ...

SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell warned that a liquid oxygen shortage could affect her company's launch schedule. Credit: Thomas Kimmell COLORADO SPRINGS — A widespread shortage of liquid ...

XCOR announced today that it has achieved a key technical milestone with its flight weight rocket piston pump hardware. XCOR engineers have successfully and repeatedly pumped liquid oxygen (LOX) at ...

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said on Tuesday that liquid oxygen shortages were making it more difficult to launch rockets — and that people should email her if they have some spare. Liquid oxygen ...

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 ...

The ongoing reverberations from the COVID-19 pandemic are continuing to make themselves felt in the most unlikely of places: spaceflight. On Friday, NASA took the unexpected step to ground a September ...

Beale Air Force Base, California — When working with fuels it can get dirty and hazardous. 9th Logistic Readiness Squadron (LRS) fuels facility operators know how to stay safe, and clean in a dirty ...

AN article or product regarded as a scientific curiosity by one generation not infrequently becomes a commonplace of the next. The vacuum flask used by Dewar to preserve very cold liquids at normal ...

The possibility of life on Mars may not be consigned to the distant past. New research suggests our neighboring world could hide enough oxygen in briny liquid water near its surface to support ...