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Air Products fills world’s ‘largest hydrogen sphere’ for NASA | Hydrogen

Air Products has completed the first fill of what it claims is the world’s largest hydrogen sphere at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Kennedy Space Center located on Merritt Island, Florida. The NASA hydrogen sphere is the world’s largest liquid hydrogen tank, measuring 90 feet tall and 83 feet in diameter. To complete the fill, Air Products delivered over 50 trailer loads of liquid hydrogen – over 730,000 gallons in all – to NASA’s new sphere. The space agency uses liquid hydrogen combined with liquid oxygen as fuel in cryogenic rocket engines. The hydrogen will be used to fuel NASA’s Artemis missions, which aims to return humans to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era and establish the first long-term presence on the Moon. “Air Products has a long history dating… Read More »Air Products fills world’s ‘largest hydrogen sphere’ for NASA | Hydrogen

Consortium and partner advance ‘pivotal’ hydrogen tank project at NASA | Hydrogen

Global engineering firm CB&I and a consortium including Shell, GenH2, and the University of Houston have developed a large-scale, non-vacuum liquid hydrogen storage tank concept for NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). The first-of-its-kind 100,000 cubic metre tank will expand MSFC’s liquid hydrogen storage capacity. It will also support research on material behaviour in cryogenic conditions, simulating typical fill and empty cycles and testing insulation systems that don’t require a vacuum. The concept is first undergoing a six-month evaluation using a small-scale demonstration tank to assess feasibility and potential improvements. James Fesmir, Chief Architect at hydrogen infrastructure firm GenH2, said the initiative has helped build testing capabilities for thermal insulation and is generating critical data for advancing global hydrogen use. The project now taking full shape first started in 2021 and is being supported by… Read More »Consortium and partner advance ‘pivotal’ hydrogen tank project at NASA | Hydrogen