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 ...

Chinese startup Mega Engine advances reusable staged-combustion rocket engine A new Chinese commercial rocket engine startup ...

ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 7 (UPI) --A pandemic-related shortage of a key rocket propellant, liquid oxygen, could force rocket launches to be postponed in coming months, possibly delaying important ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

BROWNSVILLE — Cameron County has given SpaceX the green light to build an air separator facility less than 300 feet from the region’s sand dunes, frustrating locals concerned about the effect on ...

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 ...

Students in Switzerland have recently tested an experimental rocket engine that is capable of ...