CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION IS OF KEEN INTEREST FOR LONG TERM NASA MISSIONS AND COULD PROVIDE A MECHANISM TO MITIGATE THE DETRIMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT DURING IRONMAKING FOR THE STEEL INDUSTRY. ONE METHOD OF INTEREST IS THE BOSCH PROCESS WHICH HAS BEEN STUDIED PREVIOUSLY FOR CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL AND WATER GENERATION FOR LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS. HOWEVER BOSCH REACTIONS MAY PROVIDE A METHOD TO REDUCE CARBON DIOXIDE RELEASED DURING THE EXTRACTION OF IRON FROM IRON ORE. WE PROPOSE TO APPLY THE BOSCH PROCESS TO A BENCH SCALE BLAST FURNACE SETUP TO REDUCE THE EMISSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE GAS PRODUCED DURING THE SMELTING PROCESS. THE SETUP WILL INCLUDE A SMALL SCALE BLAST FURNACE WHICH WILL BE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED TO COLLECT THE BLAST FURNACE GAS BY-PRODUCTS. THE GASES WILL BE ROUTED FROM THE BLAST FURNACE TO A TUBE FURNACE TO UNDERGO THE BOSCH PROCESS SYSTEM OF REACTIONS. THE TUBE FURNACE WILL BE A COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE HORIZONTAL TUBE FURNACE WHICH WILL BE MODIFIED TO ALLOW THE INPUT OF HYDROGEN AND NITROGEN NEEDED FOR THE BOSCH PROCESS TO OCCUR. THIS DEMONSTRATION SHOULD RESULT IN THE PRODUCTION OF WATER AND CARBON FROM THE CARBON DIOXIDE RELEASED DURING SMELTING. NASA HAS LISTED CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION METHODS AS A TECHNOLOGY REQUIRED FOR LONG-TERM MANNED SPACE MISSIONS IN THE FUTURE. SPECIFICALLY NASA TECHNOLOGY ROADMAPS NAME CLOSED-LOOP CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION SYSTEMS AS A HIGH PRIORITY BECAUSE OF THE ABILITY TO REMOVE CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE ENVIRONMENT AND PRODUCE WATER. THE PROPOSED WORK WOULD PROVIDE MORE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE APPLICATION OF THE BOSCH PROCESS WHICH CAN PROVIDE CLOSED-LOOP CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING PROCESSES TO EXPAND THE KNOWLEDGE BASE OF THE PROCESS.