Radioisotope System Keeps Mars Rover Moving
TBMG-16614
06/01/2013
- Content
The instruments aboard NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory “Curiosity” rover receive their power from a radioisotope system assembled and tested at Idaho National Laboratory. The Multi- Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator is a “space battery” that can reliably power a deep space mission for many years.
- Citation
- "Radioisotope System Keeps Mars Rover Moving," Mobility Engineering, June 1, 2013.