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MOXIE: NASA’s New Oxygen on Mars

In April 2021 and for the first time, NASA managed to produce oxygen on Mars. The Mars Oxygen In-situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE), “microwave-oven-size device”- as NASA described, generated oxygen for the 16th and final time aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover. “MOXIE’s impressive performance shows that it is feasible to extract oxygen from Mars’ atmosphere – […]

The Artemis Mission: Everything You Need to Know

Artemis, in ancient Greek religion, is the goddess of wild animals, the hunt, and vegetation and of chastity and childbirth; and the twin sister of Apollo the Sun God. To us modern people however, the Artemis mission is humanity’s second attempt at a moon launch that could pave the way for deep space exploration. NASA is […]

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover extracts first oxygen from red planet

The growing list of “firsts” for Perseverance Mars Rover, NASA’s newest six-wheeled robot on the Martian surface, includes converting some of the Red Planet’s thin, carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere into oxygen. A toaster-size, experimental instrument aboard Perseverance Mars Rover called the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) accomplished the task. The test took place April […]

US blacklists Xiaomi, CNOOC, Skyrizon, raising heat on China

The U.S. government has blacklisted Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp. and China’s third-largest national oil company for alleged military links, heaping pressure on Beijing in President Donald Trump’s last week in office. The Department of Defense added nine companies to its list of Chinese companies with military links, including Xiaomi and state-owned plane manufacturer Commercial […]