NASA awards hydrogen supply contracts to Air Products and Plug Power | largest liquid hydrogen storage sphere
NASA has awarded liquid hydrogen supply contracts to Plug Power and Air Products to deliver around 16,700 tonnes of fuel across its US facilities. The liquid hydrogen will be used to fuel NASA’s cryogenic rocket engines and support aeronautics and propulsion research at its centres in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Ohio. Worth a combined $147m, the contracts cover 16,560 tonnes of liquid hydrogen for Kennedy Space Centre, Cape Canaveral, Marshall, and Stennis, while Plug Power will supply the remaining 220 tonnes to the Glenn Research Centre and Armstrong Test Facility. NASA’s liquid hydrogen awards are fixed-price contracts that guarantee set quantities and prices for future deliveries. For its cryogenic rockets, the liquid hydrogen will be used with liquid oxygen as fuel. Liquid hydrogen’s ultra-cold and lightweight properties also make it important for wider aeronautics R&D.… Read More »NASA awards hydrogen supply contracts to Air Products and Plug Power | largest liquid hydrogen storage sphere