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Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft


When a spacecraft is too far from the Sun to use solar panels, it needs a different reliable source of power.

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Photo of Radioisotope

Radioisotope

Photo of faraway spacecraft

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Photo of nuclear batteries

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