AdvertisementOut Of Thin Air: NASA Rover Makes Oxygen From Martian AtmosphereApril 22, 2021Scott NeumanJoe PalcafacebookEmailTechnicians at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory lower an instrument known as MOXIE, or the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment, into the belly of the Perseverance rover. NASA announced the instrument had produced oxygen from the Martian atmosphere. (NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory-Caltech)