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The Toaster-Sized Instrument, On The Perseverance Rover, Called MOXIE, After Warming Up For ~2 Hours, Produced 5.4 Grams Of Oxygen From The Thin 96% Carbon Dioxide Rich Martian Atmosphere. The Amount Of Oxygen Produced Could Sustain An Astronaut For ~10 Minutes. This MOXIE Will Aid The Design Of Future Generations Of MOXIE.

Perseverance rover just made oxygen on Mars – CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/22/world/mars-rover-oxygen-moxie-scn/index.html

The NASA Perseverance rover successfully converted some of the plentiful carbon dioxide on Mars into oxygen as a first test of its MOXIE instrument. After warming up for about two hours, it produced 5.4 grams of oxygen, enough to sustain an astronaut for about 10 minutes.