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- The Perseverance rover of Mars 2020 Mission of NASA recently converted carbon dioxide into oxygen.
- This is the first time this has been achieved in another planet.
- This was achieved by MOXIE (Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment), an instrument placed in the front side of the rover.
- MOXIE is also called “Mechanical Tree”.
- This is because; it uses electricity and chemistry to split carbon molecules into carbon and oxygen.
- It produces carbon monoxide as a by-product.
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