Last Updated: NASA’s Perseverance Rover Converts Carbon Dioxide To Oxygen On Mars For The 1st Time The US space agency in its release said, "NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover has made history as it converted carbon dioxide to oxygen from Martian atmosphere." Pixabay-Representative, Twitter- @NASAPersevere As NASA's (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Perseverance rover continues to make history, the US-based space agency in a statement on Wednesday revealed that a six-wheeled robot has converted some carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into oxygen. It is important to note here that this is the first time that carbon dioxide has been converted into oxygen on another planet.