{"id":800922,"date":"2026-02-27T14:23:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=800922"},"modified":"2026-02-27T14:23:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:23:33","slug":"harnessing-the-sun-to-extract-oxygen-on-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=800922","title":{"rendered":"Harnessing the Sun to Extract Oxygen on the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jsc2025e075711orig.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p class=\"hds-attachment-single__caption color-carbon-05 padding-0 p-sm\">The Carbothermal Reduction Demonstration (CaRD) project aims to demonstrate the carbothermal reduction of lunar regolith to produce oxygen on the Lunar South Pole. 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