On the red and dusty surface of Mars, nearly 100 million miles from Earth, an instrument the size of a lunchbox is proving it can reliably do the work of a small tree. The MIT-led Mars Oxygen In-Situ ...

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) pollution drives climate change, warming the planet and threatening human survival. Plants naturally turn CO₂ into oxygen (O₂) during photosynthesis, but their efficiency is ...

The growing list of “firsts” for Perseverance, 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 ...

The Perseverance rover on April 20 successfully converted some of the plentiful carbon dioxide on Mars into oxygen as a first test of its MOXIE instrument. The team installed MOXIE into the chassis of ...

WASHINGTON – NASA plans to make oxygen – a key ingredient of rocket fuel – on Mars early next decade. Space agency officials Thursday unveiled seven instruments they plan to put on a Martian rover ...

If humans are ever going to visit Mars, they may well need to make some crucial resources while they are there, in order to survive long enough to explore and restock for the long return journey.

NASA may be one small step closer to being able to send people to Mars all thanks to Perseverance. The rover used an instrument about the size of a toaster to take carbon dioxide that’s in Mars’ ...

NASA reports that the rover has detected a perplexing increase in oxygen concentrations on the red planet. While the cause is unclear, this comes just months after the rover detected a spike in ...

NASA is forging ahead with plans to make water, oxygen, and hydrogen on the surface of the Moon and Mars. If we ever want to colonize other planets, it is vital that we find a way of extracting these ...

The Perseverance rover may be parked at an overlook to capture any flights by the Ingenuity helicopter over the next two weeks, but it's not wasting any of its time on Mars. The rover on Tuesday ...