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 ...

A joint effort between NASA and Lockheed Martin has resulted in the development and successful initial testing of the first sub-scale cryogenic tank built of a composite material that is compatible ...

According to Guangwei Composites, this is the first time that a domestic large-scale composite liquid oxygen tanks has used domestic carbon fiber and has passed the test verification of engineering ...

A piece of space history was loaded onto a barge last week waiting in Fidalgo Bay to be taken to a U.S. Coast Guard-approved site for testing. The carbon-fiber liquid-oxygen tank is the first ...

The heart of the rocket that will launch astronauts to the Moon in a few years is now complete. These astronauts will become the first people to walk the lunar surface since Apollo. NASA announced on ...

A liquid oxygen tank leak triggered an emergency response at the Milwaukee Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Hazmat One crew members attempted to shut off the leaking tank using its valves but were ...

When space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Feb. 7, it will mark the first flight of an external tank manufactured using longitudinal friction stir ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHILLUM, Md. - Emergency crews say there is no hazardous materials threat after a vehicle struck an exterior liquid oxygen tank at ...

Seattle roadways were snarled for six hours Thursday when a truck hauling liquid oxygen tanks broke down and began exploding on highway I-5. All southbound I-5 lanes, closed around 1 p.m. and roads ...

A vehicle smashed into a liquid oxygen tank outside of an assisted living facility in Maryland, triggering a multi-agency HazMat emergency response on Wednesday morning. Shortly after 9:15 a.m. on May ...