Aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover, MOXIE creates oxygen on Mars
Thanks to an MIT-designed instrument, a NASA mission has produced oxygen on another planet for the first time.
Thanks to an MIT-designed instrument, a NASA mission has produced oxygen on another planet for the first time.
Following touchdown, MOXIE will brew up oxygen while geologists comb for sediments to sample.
As part of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission, Professor Tanja Bosak helps determine the best samples to bring home for clues about life 4 billion years ago.
Led by MIT researchers, one of the experiments aboard the next mission to the Red Planet aims to generate oxygen from Martian air.
MIT scientists identify first magmas generated in solar system’s building blocks, unexpectedly answering questions about meteorites and formation of rocky planets.
Researchers in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences will help direct Mars 2020 rover sample acquisition.
MIT PhD student George Lordos and his brother Alexandros led the project; goal of the Mars Society competition was to establish a colony on Mars for 1,000 residents.
Barret Schlegelmilch ’18 takes part in simulated NASA mission to the Martian moon Phobos.
Do-it-yourself bio and maker communities can help NASA meet needs of long-distance missions.
Scientists from the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Genomes instrument team develop method to detect the tiniest traces of life on other planetary bodies.
Honor recognizes scientists whose achievements have most advanced our understanding of planetary systems.
Multilevel Mars greenhouse could provide food to sustain astronauts for several years.
EAPS professors Summons, Bosak, and Weiss provide insight on how the Jezero Crater can advance the study of Martian history and the search for ancient life.
Mars expert John Grotzinger tells the story of exploration and the search for ancient life on the red planet at the annual Carlson Lecture.
Program users can tinker with landing and path planning scenarios to identify optimal landing sites for Mars rovers.