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NASA's Experiment MOXIE

September 13 , 2022 562 days 632 0
  • An instrument the size of a lunchbox has been successfully generating breathable oxygen on Mars.
  • Moxie stands for Mars oxygen in-situ resource utilisation experiment.
  • It has been successfully making oxygen from the red planet’s carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere.
  • In each run, it reached its goal of producing 6g of oxygen per hour.
  • It is similar to the rate of a modest tree on Earth.

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