Cameron County commissioners approved the request this week over the objection of some residents and SpaceX critics.

Liquid oxygen is key to getting SpaceX's rockets off the ground. The substance, combined with cryogenic liquid methane, fuels SpaceX's raptor engines, which provide the thrust required for liftoff.

SpaceX uses methane and liquid oxygen to fuel the Merlin engines on its workhorse Falcon 9 rockets. The company’s much larger next-generation rocket, Starship, also uses liquid oxygen as a ...

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 ...

Liquid oxygen is produced by chilling atmospheric air to 300 degrees below zero, when oxygen separates from other gases and liquifies. “It is transported and stored in what are essentially ...

OUC normally takes deliveries of liquid oxygen by 10 tanker trucks weekly. That volume will be reduced to five to seven deliveries weekly, said Linda Ferrone, OUC’s chief customer and marketing ...

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Typically, OUC receives about 10 deliveries of liquid oxygen each week. But for weeks, it’s either missed deliveries or, like this week, only received three tanks.

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer is asking residents to conserve water because liquid oxygen, used to treat the community’s water supply, is needed to treat the surge of Covid-19 patients in the community.

“What we know is that the lack of liquid oxygen is due to a driver shortage and the need for available supplies to be diverted to local hospitals due to the Covid-19 pandemic,” says Brandon ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — There's such great demand for liquid oxygen in Central Florida, especially for COVID patients, that authorities are asking residents to immediately stop watering their lawns.