MOXIE experiment reliably produces oxygen on Mars

Image credit: Pixabay / CC0 Public Domain. Article by Jennifer Chu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Phys.org – August 31, 2022.

On the red and dusty surface of Mars, nearly 100 million miles from Earth, an instrument the size of a lunchbox is proving it can reliably do the work of a small tree. The MIT-led Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment, or MOXIE, has been successfully making oxygen from the Red Planet’s carbon-dioxide-rich atmosphere since February 2021, when it touched down on the Martian surface as part of NASA’s Perseverance rover mission. […]

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