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Voyager, NASA's Longest-Lived Mission, Logs 45 Years in Space

Voyager, NASA's Longest-Lived Mission, Logs 45 Years in Space

A team of scientists and engineers sponsored by NASA’s Radioisotope Power Systems Program won the American Nuclear Society’s 2022 Best Radioisotope Power Paper award. The society made the announcement following the Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS) conference, held May 8-12 in Cleveland.

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10 Years Since Landing, NASA's RPS-Powered Curiosity Mars Rover Still Has Drive

10 Years Since Landing, NASA's RPS-Powered Curiosity Mars Rover Still Has Drive

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While the spacecraft continues to return science data and otherwise operate as normal, the mission team is searching for the source of a system data issue.

Engineers Investigating NASA's Voyager 1 Telemetry Data

Engineers Investigating NASA's Voyager 1 Telemetry Data

The rocks Perseverance has analyzed for sample collection are helping the team better understand a past marked by volcanic activity and water.

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