Praxair receives NASA's $53 mn contract

Praxair Inc, one of North America’s largest industrial gases manufacturers, has bagged NASA’s agency-wide acquisition of liquid hydrogen contract. Praxair’s hydrogen supply network will serve four NASA sites, including Stennis Space Center, Mississippi; Kennedy Space Center, Florida; Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama; and Glenn Research Center, Ohio. NASA projected the maximum value of the five-year contract to be $53 million.
 
Praxair’s hydrogen manufacturing infrastructure and delivery capability satisfies NASA’s stringent standards for product quality and on-time delivery to fulfill the agency’s missions. NASA uses liquid hydrogen as fuel for rocket engine development, testing and launch of spacecraft; delivery of satellites into earth 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 Center, and previously, the Department of Defense awarded Praxair a five-year liquid hydrogen supply agreement for missions launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
 
“NASA has been a longtime customer of Praxair, and we are proud to have been awarded this contract. We look forward to playing an even larger role in our country’s national space program and the expanding satellite technology industry,” said Jeff Barnhard, vice president, east region for Praxair’s US industrial gases business.