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In a first, NASA extracts oxygen from the Red Planet
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Perseverance, NASA’s new robot on the Red Planet, was successfully able to extract oxygen from the Martian atmosphere in its early attempts. The test was conducted on April 20th, using a small equipment aboard the Perseverance called Moxie which stands for Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment.
Mars’ atmosphere constitutes primarily of 96% carbon dioxide and has a minuscule presence of 0.13% oxygen. The mission aims to extract oxygen from the planet itself to meet the demands of any future missions on Mars, instead of stocking oxygen from Earth to sustain the mission. Moxie functions to disintegrate oxygen molecules from carbon dioxide which is made of one carbon and two oxygen atoms to produce breathable oxygen. Carbon monoxide is the by-product that is released back into the Martian atmosphere.
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PASADENA, Calif. For the first time, the Perseverance rover has converted some of the atmosphere on Mars into oxygen and it happened with a big assist from a Utah-based company.
Scientists at NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in southern California installed on Perseverance an experimental tool (roughly the size of a toaster), known as MOXIE, which stands for Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment.
A Utah company called OxEon Energy manufactured the solid oxide electrolysis cells that give MOXIE its well, moxie.
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The experiment of generating oxygen on Mars took place April 20, NASA s Perseverance rover team said in a news release, or about 60 Martian days, or sols, since Perseverance landed in February.