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NASA's Perseverance rover successfully touched down on Mars yesterday, 203 days after being launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The rover, which is powered by a Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (MMRTG) developed and fuelled in partnership with the US Department of Energy (DOE), will explore the Jezero Crater and collect samples that will eventually be returned to Earth.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 20 February 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Perseverance-begins-exploring-on-Mars
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