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.

• United States
• United States Department of Energy
• Idaho National Laboratory
• Mars
• Moon
• Spacecraft
• Curiosity (rover)
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Kennedy Space Center
• Apollo 11
• Exploration of Mars
• Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
• California Institute of Technology

Source: World Nuclear News

Date: Thursday, 01 August 2019

Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Mars-2020-rover-gets-radioisotope-fuel

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