24 September 2021
New reactor could turn Mars' atmosphere into rocket fuel
... atmosphere compared with Earth’s, but the wispy skies it does have is composed of 95 percent carbon dioxide, 3 percent nitrogen, 1.6 percent argon, along with traces of other gases and lots of dust. Wu suggests that potential martian astronauts...
22 December 2021
Scientists present the first-ever analysis of samples retrieved from Ryugu
..., but the team think they could include candidates such as NH4 phyllosilicates, NH4 hydrated salts and/or nitrogen-rich organics. Not only do these volatile-rich species support Ryugu having preserved both pristine material...
29 March 2019
NASA's Mars helicopter completes flight tests
...-wide (25-foot-wide) vacuum chamber. First, the team created a vacuum that sucks out all the nitrogen, oxygen and other gases from the air inside the mammoth cylinder. In their place the team...