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NASA extracts breathable oxygen from Mars’ atmosphere in step towards letting astronauts ‘live off the land’ – ABC News
NASA logs another extraterrestrial first on its latest mission to Mars: converting carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into pure, breathable oxygen.
In another extraterrestrial first for NASA, on its latest mission, it has converted carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into pure, breathable oxygen.
- It was the first experimental extraction of a natural resource from the environment of another planet for direct use by humans
- The instrument works through electrolysis, which uses extreme heat to separate oxygen atoms from molecules of carbon dioxide
- Oxygen exists on Mars in negligible trace amounts. But an abundant supply is considered critical…
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