The Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment, or MOXIE, is a microwave-sized device that takes unbreathable Martian air and turns it into oxygen humans – and dogs – rely on.
The achievement is exciting because when humans travel to Mars, they will be able to make oxygen and fuel on the Red Planet instead of hauling all of their resources with them. Using materials from the land to survive is a technique called in-situ resource utilization, or ISRU.The Indian Space Research Organisation said on Thursday that its Pragyan lunar rover had "commenced" operations near the moon’s south pole, a day after the Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander touched down.
MOXIE Principal Investigator Michael Hecht, with MIT, said the instrument has inspired the ISRU community. "It showed NASA is willing to invest in these kinds of future technologies. And it has been a flagship that has influenced the exciting industry of space resources," Hecht said.The concept can be used to create a full-scale system with an oxygen generator like MOXIE and a way to store the produced oxygen.
NASA shared audio of MOXIE's air compressor working on the Red Planet. Listen to the instrument pumping on Mars below. On Aug. 7, MOXIE generated oxygen for the 16th and final time onboard the rover before concluding operations.
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