jonathan amos reports.ion to mars. so, when the robot landed in mid—february, it took a number of experiments with it. one of them you'll know, which was the helicopter that it flew this week. the second one was to trial making oxygen from the atmosphere of mars. now, mars' atmosphere is dominated by carbon dioxide. something like 96% by concentration is c02. and if astronauts are ever to go to mars and live off the surface, then in all likelihood they'll have to find their oxygen and maybe some of their water locally. they won't be able to take it all with them. so, this experiment, it's called moxie. the device itself is about the size of a toaster. it's able to strip oxygen atoms out of carbon dioxide molecules. so, carbon dioxide is one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms. so, it takes those oxygen atoms away to make molecular oxygen, which we can breathe. and the exhaust product, the by—product, if you like, is carbon monoxide, which can be simply vented. now, in this instance, because it's just a trial,

our science correspondent jonathan amos has more.nary that, even now, 52 years later, still stirs a sense of wonder. armstrong is no longer with us — he died in 2012. and now comes the news of the passing of another member of this remarkable apollo 11 trio, michael collins. his family and nasa have announce his death from cancer at the age of 90. collins was an integral part of the mission, but is often labelled the "forgotten man" because he didn't actually go down to the surface. he stayed in the command module circling the moon, while armstrong and aldrin made their boot marks in the lunar soil. that he missed out was something he never complained about. i did not have the best seat of the three on apollo 11. but i can say, in all honesty, i was thrilled with the seat that i did have. i knew that i had somehow lucked into being one third of the team that was going to do this wonderful thing — and my function suited me fine. i mean, yeah, sure, iwould've preferred to walk on the moon, but that really seemed a trivial distinction at

jonathan amos, bbc news.r his podcast, 13 minutes to the moon. i hope that podcast is still available online, kevin, because it is a gripping account of those remarkable days and the critical hours around the moon landing. make the case for michael collins, if you would, because everybody will say, "neil armstrong, would, because everybody will say, "neilarmstrong, buzz would, because everybody will say, "neil armstrong, buzz it dumb cauldron, and the other fella." "neil armstrong, buzz it dumb cauldron, and the otherfella." he cauldron, and the other fella." he was as cauldron, and the other fella." he: was as critical to the mission as armstrong or aldrin. collins's role was to be there to catch anything if it went wrong. he he had to rescue the crew if any systems failed, so he was integral to the whole thing, and he has probably one of the most emotionally in touch and creative thinkers of the entire apollo core team. �* :, thinkers of the entire apollo core team. �* ., , :, thinkers of the entire apollo

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experimental technology as a critical first step towards seeing humans on mars. 0ur science correspondent jonathan amose rover mission to mars. so, when the robot landed in mid—february, it took a number of experiments with it. one of them you'll know, which was the helicopter that it flew this week. the second one was to trial making oxygen from the atmosphere of mars. now, mars' atmosphere is dominated by carbon dioxide. something like 96% by concentration is c02. and if astronauts are ever to go to mars and live off the surface, then in all likelihood they'll have to find their oxygen and maybe some of their water locally. they won't be able to take it all with them. so, this experiment, it's called moxie. the device itself is about the size of a toaster. it's able to strip oxygen atoms out of carbon dioxide molecules. so, carbon dioxide is one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms. so, it takes those oxygen atoms away to make molecular oxygen, which we can breathe. and the exhaust product, the by—product, if you like, is carbon monoxide, which can be simply vented. now, in this instance, because it's ju

jonathan amos, bbc news. do stay with us. so much more to come.fice. one of the first comment see make is that trickle—down economics don't work. see you soon. hello there. it took till the end of the month before they started to make an appearance, but april showers feature quite heavily in the forecast through the rest of this week and into the weekend. and don't expect things to warm up as we see april out and go into may. it is going to be on the chilly side. area of low pressure with this weather front, which brought rain to end wednesday across southern counties. continues to push away eastwards, opening the door to north to north—easterly winds for all, all the way from the arctic. the blue colours indicating that cold air in place, and once again this morning, a fairly widespread frost away from the towns and city centres. that makes it every day in april so far, somewhere in the uk has seen a frost. 1—2 early showers, wales and the southwest, but the bulk of the showers will be north—east england, eastern scotland, northern ireland. some

jonathan amos looks back at his life.aldrin and michael collins achieved something extraordinary that even now, 52 years later, still stirs a sense of wonder. armstrong is no longer with us, he died in 2012, and now comes the news of the passing of another member of this remarkable apollo 11 trio. michael collins. his family and nasa have announced his death from cancer at the age of 90. collins was an integral part of the mission, but is often labelled the forgotten man because he didn't actually go down to the surface. he stayed in the command module circling the moon while armstrong and aldrin made their booymarks in the lunar soil. and aldrin made their bootmarks in the lunar soil. that he missed out was something he never complained about. i did not have the best seat of the three on apollo 11, but i can say in all honesty, i was thrilled with the seat that i did have. i knew that i had somehow lucked into being one third of a team that was going to do this wonderful thing. his responsibilities on that mission includ