NASA is Sending This Golden Box to Mars to Make Oxygen | Space

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Here's everything we know about NASA's MOXIE oxygen-producing experiment for Mars

MOXIE is a golden box that will be safely tucked away inside the rover’s chassis, and it will attempt to convert minute amounts of Mars’ atmospheric carbon dioxide into pure, breathable oxygen. It will work by taking advantage of solid oxide electrolysis to rip an oxygen atom away from existing carbon dioxide molecules, resulting in carbon monoxide, oxygen, and other byproducts.


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