09 June 2017
Key ingredients to life found around Sun-like stars
...This chemical building block of life is methyl isocyanate, a complex organic molecule containing carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen atoms in the chemical configuration CH3NCO. Intriguingly, this is not the first complex molecule to be found around...
April 2026
Exploring Mars – the key issues
...be scalable to supply a human mission. Since MOXIE produces oxygen directly from the atmosphere, no industrial mining or processing of ..., you need rocket fuel to burn with the oxygen. Methane/liquid oxygen (LOX) rockets are being developed by SpaceX, ...
July 2019
Developing life support systems for human exploration missions beyond Earth
... approximately 90 percent of humidity condensate and water from the crew’s urine. A functional interface was included in the oxygen generation system rack to accommodate a future CO2 reduction assembly, which was added in 2010. This addition allowed...
November 2020
Space medicine and terrestrial health care
... resistance, reduces the time required for absorption by the alveoli in the lungs and increases the blood’s oxygen levels. Telemedicine technology testing during SIRIUS-17 experiment. Such admixtures can reduce respiratory distress associated with...
08 August 2016
NASA Selects Five Projects for Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Study
...to obtain hydrogen from hydrocarbon-based aviation gas and oxygen from the air, subsequently combining them to generate ... order to achieve a more compact design. LION: Lithium Oxygen Batteries for NASA Electric Aircraft A major issue for electric-...
November 2020
The alien hunter’s field manual
...signs of life. Sensitive enough technology would detect our oxygen rich atmosphere, green continents, and perhaps even signs ...than 25 metres diameter, will be able to characterise even oxygen in several Earth-like worlds. However, atmospheric noise is...
