However, NASA isn’t ready to say goodbye just yet, and is taking measures to get as much life out of the pair as possible. On ...
Voyager 1 crossed into interstellar space in 2012, followed by Voyager 2 in 2018, making them the only spacecraft to operate ...
NASA has an update on its seminal deep-space ... A radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG), also known as a radioisotope power system (RPS), is a nuclear battery that converts the heat ...
NASA's got a new mission on the horizon ... It will run on what's called a radioisotope thermoelectric generator, or RTG. The RTG runs on radioactive decay from a reserve of plutonium-238.
When Nasa chose to fly Dragonfly in 2019 ... charging its batteries using its radioisotope thermoelectric generator before each flight. It is expected to cover roughly 180 km over the course ...
You can Curiosity's Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator in the center of this selfie. NASA's Mars 2020 rover, if funded to fruition, will also carry an RTG on board.