So what do astronauts breathe? Oxygen, right?

The answer seems clear, but if you look a little closer, you will find many interesting challenges. At ZARM, Camilla Tossi and her colleagues research how chemical reactions like splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen work under microgravity. They use solar light as an energy source to further develop these processes and to secure that the oxygen can indeed be provided.

The project is part of the Humans on Mars initiative and has now been presented to the public at the “Wiener” bar for the first time.

More about the program of the Science goes Public series here.