In January 2025, the Shenzhou-19 crew carried out 12 experiments in a drawer-sized device using semiconductor catalysts to convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and hydrocarbons ...

It's long been thought that photosynthesis was basically the only way that oxygen is naturally generated on Earth (some bacteria can also produce oxygen by breaking down nitrates). But a new study has ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover mission has successfully been making oxygen from Mars’ carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere in a series of tests using the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization ...

Astronauts on board China's "heavenly palace" space station have demonstrated a new way of making rocket fuel products and breathable oxygen by mimicking a chemical reaction in plants. The ...

The strategy uses no external energy but sunlight to produce a variety of desirable products such as water, oxygen, and fuel that could support life on a moonbase, the researchers say.

There are high hopes for hydrogen as the key to the energy transition. A specific enzyme group found in algae and in bacteria can produce molecular hydrogen simply by catalyzing protons and ...

New research from the University of Warwick suggests Mars missions should ditch the traditional oxygen generator approach and instead rely on simpler photoelectrochemical devices to generate oxygen.

NASA wants to figure out how future moon-dwellers can produce, capture and store breathable oxygen from lunar soil.

Sierra’s proprietary Carbothermal Oxygen Production Reactor is a stand-alone, automated system meant to produce oxygen in bulk to support human life on the moon for NASA’s Artemis Program.

MOXIE has been able to generate oxygen from the Martian atmosphere in diverse environments, up to six grams per hour about what a small tree on Earth produces, as MIT reported.