Allentown-based Air Products, a leading supplier of hydrogen, announced it won supply contracts totaling more than $140 million with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The company will be supplying about 36.5 million pounds of liquid hydrogen to NASA for the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida; NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama; and NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
“From the inception of the United States (U.S.) space program, Air Products has supported NASA’s mission by supplying the critical industrial gases needed from the initial Apollo 11 moon landing to the upcoming Artemis II moon mission,” Francesco Maione, Air Products’ President, Americas, said. “For decades, Air Products has consistently demonstrated our ability to supply world-scale levels of liquid hydrogen and other industrial gases safely and reliably through our robust supply chain. We’re proud to play a role in helping NASA confidently continue its important work.”
Since 1957, Air Products has supplied NASA with liquid hydrogen and other industrial gases to advance the U.S. Space Program including Apollo, the Space Shuttle, and Orion. The company has also supplied industrial gases for space launches, and maintained a long-term relationship NASA’s engine testing program at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, Johnson Space Center in Texas, as well as Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama.
In 2025, the company completed the first fill of the world’s largest hydrogen sphere at the Kennedy Space Center, delivering more than 50 trailer loads of liquid hydrogen to the facility. The 90-foot-tall, 83-foot-wide hydrogen sphere is the world’s largest liquid hydrogen tank.