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 ...

SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell said the company was low on liquid oxygen for rocket launches. Liquid oxygen is also used to treat COVID-19 patients in hospitals. "We certainly are going to make sure ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SpaceX's Starship does not refuel, rather, it is being "refilled" in between flights as clarified by Elon Musk because the Raptor Engines use 78% liquid oxygen and 22% fuel. The term was corrected by ...

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.

North Korean state media cited a space official saying preliminary analysis showed issues with a new liquid oxygen and petrol engine.

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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sometimes the best ideas are right in front of you. For the skincare industry, that’s oxygen. On top of ...