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On unmanned missions, its only requirement is as a combustion agent for the Hydrogen fuel used as a propellant.

In manned missions, it is also required so that the astronauts can breathe without the need for a space-suit (at least inside the capsule/lander/shuttle/station). It is mixed with nitrogen and pressurised to simulate conditions on Earth (partly).

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