Oxygen On Mars? Perseverance Instrument Extracts Oxygen – NBC Los Angeles
Updated 4 hours ago NASA/JPL-Caltech In a major advancement toward sending astronauts to Mars, a toaster-sized instrument aboard the Jet Propulsion Laboratory-managed Perseverance rover successfully extracted oxygen from the atmosphere of the Red Planet, NASA officials announced Wednesday. The feat was accomplished by an instrument known as the Mars Oxygen In- Situ Resource Utilization Experiment, or MOXIE. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and loca...
Jim Reuter Trudy Kortes Space Technology Mission Directorate Jet Propulsion Laboratory Managed Perseverance Red Planet Mars Oxygen
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