SPACE COAST. WESH 2’S KELSI THORUD EXPLAINS. REPORTER: THIS WEEK A SPACE X EXECUTIVE SAID THEIR COMPANYS I THE LATEST TO FEEL THE IMPACT OF THE LIQUID OXYGEN SHORTAGE. DOES THAT SURPRISE YOU? >> NOT ...

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 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. As hospitals fill up with COVID-19 patients, NASA has announced it ...

Cryogenic liquids, or Cryogens, are liquefied gases that are kept in their liquefied state at very low temperatures. Typically, cryogenic liquids have boiling points below -51 ℃ (-60℉ or 222K). All ...

For the first time, researchers have managed to isolate and directly observe individual oxygen atoms inside liquid water, catching a substance that usually hides behind the familiar H2O formula in the ...

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 ...

LOX pump in action. Click here for a video (Windows Media 9, 840K) Mojave, CA, Thursday, October 21, 2004: XCOR Aerospace announced today it has completed another significant milestone in its pump-fed ...

NASA announced on Aug. 27 that it would delay the launch of a satellite this September because of the shortages of liquid oxygen or LOX. These shortages are said to be related to the ongoing pandemic.

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 ...