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Power to Explore: Student Challenge Virtual Event and Semi-Finalists Announcement

Virtual program explaining how Radioisotope Power Systems are used to take spacecraft farther into space for longer periods of time.

NASA’s Radioisotope Power Systems Program and Future Engineers put on this special virtual event celebrating the Power to Explore Challenge participants from across the nation and announcing the 45 semifinalists live on March 8, 2023.

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