NASA’s Radioisotope Power Systems Program’s sponsored a multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) that won the American Nuclear Society’s 2022 Best Radioisotope Power Paper award
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Powered by a Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator, Curiosity has driven nearly 18 miles (29 kilometers) as it explores Gale Crater. Curiosity’s mission was recently extended for another three years.
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It has been seven years since the New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto. Much of what we know about this dwarf planet was discovered by this RPS-powered spacecraft.
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NASA has selected 45 student essays as winners of the Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes.
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For more than five decades, radioisotope power systems have played a critical role in the exploration of space, enabling missions of scientific discovery to destinations across the solar system.
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For more than five decades, radioisotope power systems have played a critical role in the exploration of space, enabling missions of scientific discovery to destinations across the solar system.
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