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| Russia's space agency postpones rocket testing after donating ‘almost all’ its liquid oxygen to Covid-19 patients in hospitals | Russia's space agency postpones rocket testing after donating ‘almost all’ its liquid oxygen to Covid-19 patients in hospitals |
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| Russia's space agency Roscosmos has postponed testing of its rocket engines because almost all the liquid oxygen that it produces is instead being delivered to Covid-19 patients who have been affected by the pandemic's third wave. | Russia's space agency Roscosmos has postponed testing of its rocket engines because almost all the liquid oxygen that it produces is instead being delivered to Covid-19 patients who have been affected by the pandemic's third wave. |
| That's according to Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin, who wrote on Twitter on Sunday that the state-owned space agency is "helping in any way" it can. | That's according to Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin, who wrote on Twitter on Sunday that the state-owned space agency is "helping in any way" it can. |
| "We have been transferring almost all the oxygen produced by our enterprises to medical institutions for three months now, forcing us to postpone the testing of rocket engines," he explained. | "We have been transferring almost all the oxygen produced by our enterprises to medical institutions for three months now, forcing us to postpone the testing of rocket engines," he explained. |
| Last week, Russia broke its record for daily Covid-19 deaths, recording 820 in the space of 24 hours. According to official statistics, almost seven million Russians have caught coronavirus, with 181,637 of those dying. | Last week, Russia broke its record for daily Covid-19 deaths, recording 820 in the space of 24 hours. According to official statistics, almost seven million Russians have caught coronavirus, with 181,637 of those dying. |
| A similar situation has also unfolded in the US, where the demand for liquid oxygen has caused NASA to postpone the launch of an Earth surveillance satellite, Bloomberg has reported. | A similar situation has also unfolded in the US, where the demand for liquid oxygen has caused NASA to postpone the launch of an Earth surveillance satellite, Bloomberg has reported. |
| A surge of cases, particularly in the state of Florida, where NASA's spaceport is located, means that America's space agency has also been diverting its resources to hospitals. | A surge of cases, particularly in the state of Florida, where NASA's spaceport is located, means that America's space agency has also been diverting its resources to hospitals. |
| On Thursday, SpaceX founder Elon Musk tweeted that the lack of fuel availability is a "risk" but "not yet a limiting factor." | On Thursday, SpaceX founder Elon Musk tweeted that the lack of fuel availability is a "risk" but "not yet a limiting factor." |
| Oxygen turns into a liquid at freezing temperatures. It was first used as a propellant by American engineer Robert Goddard, who launched the first-ever liquid-fuelled rocket powered by oxygen and gasoline in 1926. | Oxygen turns into a liquid at freezing temperatures. It was first used as a propellant by American engineer Robert Goddard, who launched the first-ever liquid-fuelled rocket powered by oxygen and gasoline in 1926. |
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