MOXIE Demo Extracts Oxygen From Mars Atmosphere, NASA Says

Moxie lowered into Rover. 

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA has declared the Mars Oxygen-Generating Experiment (MOXIE) launched aboard the Mars Perseverance rover mission a success in demonstrating the extraction of oxygen from the red planet’s thin carbon dioxide atmosphere. The technology, engineered by the Massachusetts Institute of...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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