Praxair, North America’s largest industrial gases manufacturer and largest liquid hydrogen producer, has been awarded NASA’s agency-wide Acquisition of Liquid Hydrogen contract.
Praxair’s hydrogen supply network will serve four NASA sites, including Stennis Space Centre, Mississippi; Kennedy Space Centre, Florida; Marshall Space Flight Centre, Alabama; and Glenn Research Centre, Ohio. NASA projected the maximum value of the five-year contract to be $53m.
Praxair’s hydrogen manufacturing infrastructure and delivery capability satisfies NASA’s stringent standards for product quality and on-time delivery to fulfil the agency’s missions. NASA uses liquid hydrogen as fuel for rocket engine development, testing and launch of spacecraft; delivery of satellites into earth’s orbit; and delivery of payloads to the International Space Station.
In addition to the hydrogen supply, NASA awarded Praxair a five-year liquid oxygen supply agreement for the Kennedy Space Centre, and previously, the Department of Defence awarded Praxair a five-year liquid hydrogen supply agreement for missions launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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