A tanker carrying liquid oxygen rolled over on I-290 in Auburn Tuesday, snarling traffic. Drivers were asked to avoid the area by the Route 12 on ramp after the tanker rolled over. During the crash, ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The SOAR Act would achieve two long-sought goals for the ...

Move crews at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility lift the aft liquid oxygen tank (LOX) barrel out of the Vertical Weld Center (VWC) for its next phase of production. The aft barrel will eventually be ...

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 ...

The SpaceX team submitted our report to the FAA regarding Falcon 9’s launch anomaly, including likely cause and associated corrective actions. The FAA grounded the SpaceX Falcon 9 after an in space ...

The Falcon 9 rocket is the workhorse rocket of the space industry today, launching like clockwork at a cadence we aren't used to seeing. But did you know there were many technical challenges to get it ...

The FAA grounded the SpaceX Falcon 9 after an in space failure of the Falcon 9 upper stage. There was a liquid oxygen leak. SpaceX had a good first burn and deployed the satellites but did not get ...

SpaceX says the new plant will mean fewer trucks on the roads delivering the liquid gas it needs for its rockets. Credit: Ben Lowy for The Texas Tribune BROWNSVILLE — Cameron County has given SpaceX ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook On Wednesday, China’s private space company LandSpace launched Zhuque-2, its first liquid oxygen ...

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