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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The rover, which will be powered by a Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (MMRTG) developed at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Idaho National Laboratory (INL), will land on Mars to begin exploration in February 2021.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 31 July 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-powered-rover-sets-off-for-Mars
Fuelling of a radioisotope-based power system for NASA's Mars 2020 rover has begun. The Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator - or MMRTG - uses heat from the natural radioactive decay of plutonium-238 to generate electricity as well as maintaining the rover's systems at the proper operating temperatures.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 01 August 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Mars-2020-rover-gets-radioisotope-fuel