MOXIE

Overview

An experiment on Perseverance that demonstrated making oxygen from the Martian atmosphere.

Spacecraft

Scientific instruments

• Mastcam-ZMultispectral, stereoscopic, zoomable images of the Martian surface
• SuperCamRock and soil chemistry and mineralogy by remote laser analysis
• MOXIEProduction of oxygen from the Martian carbon-dioxide atmosphere

Knowledge connections

• Instrument onPerseverance

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics

  Orbital data, ephemerides, and small-body parameters for planets, asteroids, and comets.