# MOXIE experiment reliably produces oxygen on Mars

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/moxie-experiment-reliably-produces-oxygen-on-mars/
- Published: 2022-09-02T09:15:35-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

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. […] Click here to view original web page at phys.org