NASA is set to build a storage tank at NASA 's Kennedy Space Center that will hold up to 1.25 million gallons of liquid hydrogen (H2), which will be used in the agency’s Space Launch System rocket that will launch Exploration Ground Systems 's Orion spacecraft. A new integrated refrigeration and storage system will remove heat energy from the tank to better control the liquid and to reduce losses of hundreds through boil off by around 46% .
Exploration Ground Systems is set to build a storage tank at NASA's Kennedy Space Center that will hold up to 1.25 million gallons of liquid hydrogen (H2), which will be used in the agency’s Space Launch System rocket that will launch NASA's Orion spacecraft. A new integrated refrigeration and storage system will remove heat energy from the tank to better control the liquid and to reduce losses of H2 through boil off by around 46%.