June 2020
Titan’s evolving atmosphere
...and processes therein leading to the formation of organics. The atmosphere also includes small amounts of exogenous carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and water. The complex refractory organic compounds combine and aggregate in the atmosphere where they...
January 2021
Taking out the trash in space
... produced from the flight experiment was largely consistent with lab testing, the primary products being carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. Trace compounds that were also produced are being researched and fully understood for...
November 2021
Space in support of sustainable development
...projects, initiatives and decision-making. Starting in the atmosphere, satellites can detect levels of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, and what impact rising levels are having on humans, animals and the environment. Additionally...
13 November 2019
Curiosity uncovers oxygen mystery on Mars
... – SAM has deducted that Mar’s atmosphere is composed of: 95% by volume of carbon dioxide (CO2), 2.6% molecular nitrogen (N2), 1.9% argon (Ar), 0.16% molecular oxygen (O2), and 0.06% carbon monoxide (CO). SAM’s analysis also reveals how this thin and...
20 January 2020
ESA facility begins producing oxygen out of simulated moon dust
...generates no toxic by-products. “At Metalysis, oxygen produced by the process is an unwanted by-product and is instead released as carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, which means the reactors are not designed to withstand oxygen gas itself,” explains...
29 March 2019
NASA's Mars helicopter completes flight tests
... mammoth cylinder. In their place the team injected carbon dioxide, the chief ingredient of Mars' atmosphere. "Getting... 2 inches (5 centimeters), more than 1,500 individual pieces of carbon fiber, flight-grade aluminum, silicon, copper, foil and foam ...
