Chinese astronauts make first-of-its-kind artificial photosynthesis in space; here's how they did it
Chinese astronauts to produce oxygen and rocket fuel in space. Chinese astronauts have recently produced oxygen and rocket fuel through a novel form of "artificial photosynthesis."
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The innovative technology, which requires relatively simple equipment and little energy, may eventually be used on China's planned moon base, which is expected to be finished in ten years, as quoted in a report by Live Science.
How did Chinese astronauts achieve artificial photosynthesis?
Members of the Shenzhou-19 crew who resided aboard China's Tiangong space station, which translates to heavenly palace in Chinese, conducted the new experiments. The space station has been fully operational in low-Earth orbit since November 2022.
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A «semiconductor catalyst» and a basic «drawer-like» device are used in the artificial photosynthesis technology, which has been in development since 2015, to transform carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and rocket fuel ingredients, according to Interesting Engineering.
This is comparable to the process by which plants produce glucose through photosynthesis rather than rocket fuel.
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