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Power to Explore Experience

WEBAfter some inventive sleuthing, the mission team can — for the first time in five months — check the health and status of the most distant human-made object in existence

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Rover Power System : NASA RPS: Radioisotope Power Systems

WEBThe Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator is a space nuclear power system that produces about 110 watts of electrical power to run the rover's systems and science …

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After 60 Years, Nuclear Power for Spaceflight is Still Tried and True

WEBThat’s where Radioisotope Power Systems, or RPS, come in. They are a category of power systems that convert heat generated by the decay of plutonium-238 …

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Origins, Worlds, and Life: A Decadal Strategy for Planetary Science …

WEBNational Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2022. Origins, Worlds, and Life: A Decadal Strategy for Planetary Science and Astrobiology 2023-2032

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Scientist for a Day

WEBNikhita Penugonda from Bellevue, WA. Olivia Kasperski from Lutherville, MD. Serin Arikan, Tolga Cavusoglu, Arnav Sahni, and Charles Zhang from Chesterland, OH. NASA’s RPS …

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NASA Names Semi-Finalists of the Power to Explore Challenge

WEBBuilding upon a 60-year legacy, NASA’s RPS program works in partnership with the Department of Energy to deliver power systems and technology for science …

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What are Radioisotope Heater Units (RHUs)

WEBRadioisotope Heater Units. Watch on. One small, simple type of radioisotope power system that is extremely versatile is known as a radioisotope heater unit, or RHU. …

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Mastcam-Z's First 360-Degree Panorama

WEBThis is the first 360-degree panorama taken by Mastcam-Z, a zoomable pair of cameras aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. The panorama was stitched together on Earth …

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High-Efficiency Stirling Convertor Demonstrates Long-Term …

WEBIn the early 2000s, several Stirling convertor prototypes were fabricated and placed on extended operation at GRC to demonstrate long life. Two of these units, …

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How Does a Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator Work

WEBHow can a device turn heat into electricity without any moving parts? Learn about the Seebeck Effect, a phenomenon that powers spacecraft to explore the farthest reaches of …

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NASA Celebrates 45 Years of Voyager 1, Enabled by Radioisotope …

WEBRadioisotope Power Systems (RPS) have provided the power to explore some of the deepest, darkest, and most distant destinations in the solar system and …

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Spacecraft 'Nuclear Batteries' Could Get a Boost from New Materials

WEBA cutting-edge development in spacecraft power systems is a class of materials with an unfamiliar name: skutterudites (skut-ta-RU-dites). Researchers are …

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Scientist for a Day

WEBNASA’s previous flyby of Ariel revealed a relatively smooth surface, which suggests its outermost geologic layer is constantly being renewed by some type of movement deep …

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Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator (ASRG)

WEBNF-2013-07-568-HQ NASA Facts www.nasa.gov What types of NASA missions might use an ASRG? NASA and the scientific community are studying a wide variety of mis-

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Scientist for a Day

WEBOberon is a living museum, and for those with an esoteric interest, it may be a gateway into discovering information about the conception of life as we know it. Oberon is known to …

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NASA Contacts Voyager 2 Using Upgraded Deep Space Network …

WEBOn Oct. 29, mission operators sent a series of commands to NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft for the first time since mid-March. The spacecraft has been flying solo while …

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Scientist for a Day

WEBTitania is the largest moon of Uranus and the eighth largest in the solar system, which makes it an interesting celestial body to study. The surface of Titania comprises …

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NASA's Dragonfly Will Fly Around Titan Looking for Origins, Signs …

WEBAn animation of NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft-lander approaching Saturn’s exotic moon Titan. Dragonfly took advantage of 13 years’ worth of Cassini data to …

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Scientist for a Day

WEBCharon is half the size of Pluto and is the largest known natural satellite relative to the planet it orbits. Pluto and Charon are so similar in size that they are often said to be a …

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NASA Supports America's National Strategy for Space Nuclear …

WEBPresident Donald Trump has issued a new Space Policy Directive that will help propel NASA and humanity’s next giant leap – creating a sustainable presence on …

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