Harry Pettit, Senior Digital Technology and Science Reporter 22 Apr 2021, 16:45 NASA'S Perseverance Mars rover has created oxygen from thin air, paving the way for future manned missions to the planet. The $2billion robot converted carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into pure, breathable oxygen, the US space agency said on Wednesday. Get all the latest Science news Keep up-to-date with the top Space & Astronomy stories All the latest Archaelogy news from dinosaurs to Ancient artefacts 2 Perseverance has been scouring the surface of Mars since February 18Credit: Getty The landmark achievement was made Tuesday by an experimental device aboard Perseverance, a six-wheeled science rover that landed on the Red Planet on February 18 after a seven-month journey from Earth.