There are many obstacles to overcome before humans can set foot on Mars, including problems surrounding launch mass and ...

Life on Mars is a dream long held – and not just for David Bowie. The idea of settling on the Red Planet has been around for decades. But ask when and you’ll be told ‘one day’. The planet holds ...

In 2021, an experimental instrument called the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment, or MOXIE, attached to NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars, was able to convert carbon dioxide in the ...

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Elwell is chief operating officer of OxEon Energy, which designed, developed and manufactured the solid oxide electrolyzer at the heart of the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment — or ...

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Once the team vacated the sphere, the experiment began ... astronauts will need oxygen to breathe but also to make rocket ...

The process can produce 25 times more oxygen than the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilisation Experiment (MOXIE) using the same amount of power. MOXIE is currently on its way to the Red Planet ...

MOXIE is the Mars Oxygen In-situ Resource Utilization Experiment, and in 2021 it succeeded in being the first experiment to extract oxygen from the plentiful carbon dioxide in Mars' atmosphere.

This already exists as Nasa’s Perseverance rover has its Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilisation Experiment, or MOXIE for short. The device can convert carbon dioxide into oxygen at the same ...