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In a significant breakthrough, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) lunchbox-sized machine has been producing oxygen from the Red Planet's atmosphere for more than a year, giving hope of life on Mars one day.
US space agency says that creating oxygen is possible for future Mars missions
The potential for sustaining human missions to Mars took a major step forward this week, thanks to a small device aptly named MOXIE.
The potential for sustaining human missions to Mars took a major step forward this week, thanks to a small device aptly named MOXIE.
It is hoped that at full capacity, the system should generate enough oxygen to sustain humans once they arrive on Mars.