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Radioisotope Power Systems
written by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
This NASA webpage discusses radioisotope power systems in past, present, and future space missions. It also discusses some of the successes that the radioisotopes have had on satellite missions. The webpage also includes a timeline of past missions and their accomplishments.

This site also has links to other areas of the NASA Solar System page. In these links, there are videos that explain some of the instrumentation, and some of the major accomplishments of various missions. The site includes an interactive 3-D simulation that allows users go explore the solar system and learn about past satellite missions.
https://rps.nasa.gov/
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Astronomy
- Space Exploration
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- Lower Undergraduate
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Physics To Go This resource was a Physics To Go feature from July 1, 2012 until July 16, 2012. View the feature here!


Access Rights: Free access
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Keywords: Apollo, Cassini, Cassini-Huygens, Galileo, New Horizons, Nimbus, Pioneer, Ulysses, Viking, Voyager, radioisotope, solar system
Record Creator: Metadata instance created June 13, 2012 by Zachary Davis
Record Updated: Aug 18, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:		 January 16, 2012
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration, (2012), WWW Document, (https://rps.nasa.gov/).
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Radioisotope Power Systems (2012), <https://rps.nasa.gov/>.
APA Format
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (2012, January 16). Radioisotope Power Systems. Retrieved April 18, 2025, from https://rps.nasa.gov/
Chicago Format
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Radioisotope Power Systems. January 16, 2012. https://rps.nasa.gov/ (accessed 18 April 2025).
MLA Format
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Radioisotope Power Systems. 2012. 16 Jan. 2012. 18 Apr. 2025 <https://rps.nasa.gov/>.
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