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Breathing Beyond Earth artist's depiction How do you produce oxygen for astronauts when there's no gravity to separate gas from liquid? Alvaro Romero-Calvo and Theo St. Francis at Georgia Tech are answering that question with Breathing Beyond Earth, a Phase II NIAC study that uses magnetohydrodynamic forces instead of pumps or moving parts. This project was presented at the 2026 NIAC Symposium. NASA/Alvaro Romero-Calvo