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SAN ANTONIO — October 15, 2025 — Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and 8 Rivers have patented a system that leverages fluctuations in energy demand by using liquid oxygen storage (LOX) to make power ...

BROWNSVILLE — Cameron County has given SpaceX the green light to build an air separator facility less than 300 feet from the region’s sand dunes, frustrating locals concerned about the effect on ...

Two space tech companies, Helios and Eta Space, today announce they are joining forces to solve the problem of oxygen in space. If humanity is to have a sustainable presence beyond Earth, the reusable ...

XCOR announced today that it has achieved a key technical milestone with its flight weight rocket piston pump hardware. XCOR engineers have successfully and repeatedly pumped liquid oxygen (LOX) at ...

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