Exploring Venus with Electrolysis (EVE)

Exploring Venus with Electrolysis (EVE)
Exploring Venus with Electrolysis (EVE) This illustration shows Exploring Venus with Electrolysis (EVE), a concept presented at the 2025 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Symposium. The project proposes using solid oxide electrolysis to extract carbon monoxide and oxygen from Venus’s dense carbon dioxide atmosphere, creating fuel and lift gas for long-duration balloon missions. By turning the planet’s own atmosphere into a resource, EVE could enable sustained exploration of the most Earth-like layer of Venus’s skies. NASA / Michael Hecht