The bottom portion of the MAV doesn’t produce oxygen, but it does collect CO 2 from the Martian atmosphere and stores it in liquid form. It does this as one step in producing rocket fuel used ...

In the new sci-fi blockbuster movie "The Martian," there's a critical scene involving rocket fuel and an explosive fireball. The blast happens when astronaut Mark Watney (played by Matt Damon ...

On Earth, plants make the majority of the oxygen supply. On Mars there's a chicken ... They need to introduce ammonia-producing microbes into the Martian soil that will convert nitrogen from ...