Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment, recently seen in news, is an initiative of

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 26 April 2021

Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment, recently seen in news, is an initiative of

A. NASA

B. ISRO

C. JAXA

D. SpaceX

Explanation:

NASA has logged another extra-terrestrial first on its latest mission to Mars: converting carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into pure, breathable oxygen. The unprecedented extraction of oxygen on Mars was achieved by a device called MOXIE aboard Perseverance, a six-wheeled science rover. MOXIE is short for Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment.

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