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What device did NASA utilize to detect carbon monoxide while extracting oxygen from lunar soil?
  • MSolo
  • Vacuum Spectrometer
  • Lunar Mass Spectrometer
  • Lunar Oxygen Detector
Answer- C
NASA employs the Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSolo) to identify carbon monoxide while extracting oxygen from lunar soil.

In a vacuum environment the space agency's researchers have effectively extracted oxygen from simulated lunar soil opening the door for potential human settlements on the Moon.