By Bill Galluccio
NASA Perseverance Rover Lands On Mars
NASA announced that the Mars rover Perseverance successfully converted martian air into breathable oxygen. The space agency said that the rover used a special instrument called the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) to extract carbon dioxide from the air. The machine then superheated the carbon dioxide to separate the carbon and oxygen molecules. The device, which is the size of a toaster, stores the oxygen molecules and releases carbon monoxide back into the air.
In two hours, MOXIE produced 5.4 grams of oxygen, which equates to roughly ten minutes of breathable air.
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NASA s Perseverance rover makes oxygen on Mars
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NASA’s Perseverance rover converts carbon dioxide into breathable oxygen on Mars
Updated Apr 22, 2021;
Posted Apr 22, 2021
NASA has announced that the Perseverance rover has converted carbon dioxide into oxygen on Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS via AP)AP
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NASA has been able to turn the atmosphere of Mars into breathable oxygen.
The agency was able to convert carbon dioxide in the air into the life-supporting element, all thanks to its Perseverance rover.
A press release published on Wednesday explains that this feat a first for the Mars rover was completed specifically by a “toaster-size” device called the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) which sits aboard the machine.