NASA’s MOXIE experiment, part of the Perseverance rover mission, has been successfully making oxygen from Mars’ carbon-dioxide-rich atmosphere since February 2021, newly published research shows.

Every time they’ve run it, the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment—MOXIE, for short—has successfully converted Martian air, which is almost entirely made of carbon dioxide ...

NASA's Perseverance rover is digging deeper into Mars' geologic past as it begins grinding into rock surfaces to expose ...

The air on Mars is largely carbon dioxide. In fact, a full 95% of the gas Curiosity breathes in during its tests is CO2. The remaining 5% is a mix of nitrogen, argon, oxygen, and carbon monoxide.

On Mars, where the thin atmosphere consists mostly of carbon dioxide under extremely low pressure, the method successfully produced oxygen. This demonstrates the method’s versatility and ...

Before they take the long journey to another planet, humans will have to find the right place to land. New findings from a ...

Oxygen for Mars Direct splitting: Electrochemical process uses carbon dioxide to produce oxygen Date: March 24, 2025 Source: Wiley Summary: To mitigate global climate change, emissions of the ...

People from cultures across the world have been looking at Mars since ancient times. Because it appears reddish, it has often ...

NASA Odyssey orbiter snapped a first-ever image of a Mars volcano peeking above some clouds before dawn. It’s twice as tall as Earth’s largest volcano ...