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If you mean on lift off, liquid oxygen is used to fuel the engines to get the shuttle into space. It reacts with liquid hydrogen to create the reaction needed to produce thrust. Normal air would not provide enough oxidizer for the rapid combustion in the shuttle engines.

Much smaller tanks of oxygen are used to provide a pressurized living area for the crew to live in during the course of the mission.

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