Moxie instrument of NASA successfully makes oxygen on Mars : The Mars oxygen in-situ resource utilisation experiment (MOXIE) has been successfully producing oxygen from Mars carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere since February 2021.
September 2022 Current Affairs Quiz
MOXIE, is a lunchbox-sized gadget that generated breathable oxygen on Mars which is equivalent to the effort of a tiny tree.
MOXIE was landed on the Mars surface as part of Nasa’s Perseverance rover mission. The MOXIE has met its objective of producing 6g of oxygen per hour in each run.
