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Radioisotope thermoelectric generator

Index Radioisotope thermoelectric generator

A Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG, RITEG) is an electrical generator that uses an array of thermocouples to convert the heat released by the decay of a suitable radioactive material into electricity by the Seebeck effect. [1]

173 relations: Actinium, Advanced Stirling radioisotope generator, Aerobot, Alkali-metal thermal to electric converter, Alpha decay, Alpha particle, Alternative fuel, Americium, Americium-241, Amtor, Ansar Pervaiz, Apollo 13, Apollo 15 operations on the Lunar surface, Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package, Application of silicon-germanium thermoelectrics in space exploration, April 21, Argo (spacecraft), Association of Autonomous Astronauts, Astrobiology Field Laboratory, Atomic battery, Baltimore Harbor Light, Baranikha, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Benjamin Abeles, BES-5, Beta-M, Betavoltaic device, Breakthrough Starshot, Cassini–Huygens, Colonization of the Moon, Common beta emitters, Cryobot, Curiosity (rover), Curium, Decay heat, Diamond battery, Dirty bomb, Dragonfly (spacecraft), Energy density, Energy development, Energy harvesting, Europa Clipper, Europa Lander (NASA), Europa Orbiter, ExoMars, ExoMars 2020 surface platform, Fairway Rock, Fuel, Galileo (spacecraft), General-purpose heat source, GPHS-RTG, ..., How I Ended This Summer, Human enhancement, Index of physics articles (R), Index of radiation articles, Innovative Interstellar Explorer, InterPlanetary Network, Interstellar ark, Interstellar probe, Interstellar Probe (1999), Iridium, Isotopes of americium, Isotopes of gadolinium, Isotopes of neptunium, Isotopes of plutonium, Isotopes of polonium, Isotopes of promethium, January 1959, Juno (spacecraft), Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter, Kilopower, Laplace-P, Lighthouse, List of acronyms: R, List of astronomy acronyms, List of civilian radiation accidents, List of National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees, List of nuclear power systems in space, Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster, Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment, Marshall Space Flight Center, MHW (disambiguation), MHW-RTG, Michio Kaku, Molten-salt battery, Mound Laboratories, Multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator, NASA, NASA robots, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2014, Neil J. Gunther, Neptune Orbiter, Neptunium, New Horizons, New Horizons 2, Nimbus 3, Nimbus B, Nimbus program, Nuclear electric rocket, Nuclear fuel, Nuclear power, Nuclear power in Indonesia, Nuclear power in space, Nuclear propulsion, Nuclear reactor, Oceanus (Uranus orbiter), Oort cloud, Optoelectric nuclear battery, Orphan source, Outline of nuclear power, Outline of nuclear technology, Period 6 element, Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11, Pioneer anomaly, Pioneer H, Pluto Kuiper Express, Plutonium, Plutonium in the environment, Plutonium(IV) oxide, Plutonium-238, Polonium, Power pack, Power processing unit, Project Prometheus, Quehanna Wild Area, Radioactive waste, Radioisotope heater unit, Radioisotope rocket, Radioisotope thermoelectric generator, Radionuclide, Rathlin O'Birne, Robotic spacecraft, Rocketdyne, Romashka reactor, RTG, Sagittarius (constellation), Satellite, Schiaparelli EDM lander, Sentinel, September 1965, Service life, SNAP-10A, Snow Crash, Solar panels on spacecraft, Spacecraft, Stirling radioisotope generator, Strontium, Strontium fluoride, Strontium titanate, Strontium-90, Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power, The Martian (film), Thermionic converter, Thermocouple, Thermoelectric cooling, Thermoelectric effect, Thermoelectric generator, Thermoelectric materials, Thermophotovoltaic, Titan Mare Explorer, Tonga Trench, Transit (satellite), Ulysses (spacecraft), United States naval reactors, Unmanned NASA missions, US-A, USA-193, USCGC Northwind (WAGB-282), Viking program, Voyager 1, Voyager 2, Voyager program. Expand index (123 more) »

Actinium

Actinium is a chemical element with symbol Ac and atomic number 89.

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Advanced Stirling radioisotope generator

The advanced Stirling radioisotope generator (ASRG) was a radioisotope power system first developed at NASA's Glenn Research Center.

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Aerobot

An aerobot is an aerial robot, usually used in the context of an unmanned space probe or unmanned aerial vehicle.

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Alkali-metal thermal to electric converter

The alkali-metal thermal-to-electric converter (AMTEC), originally called the sodium heat engine (SHE) was invented by Joseph T. Kummer and Neill Weber at Ford in 1966, and is described in US Patents,, and.

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Alpha decay

Alpha decay or α-decay is a type of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus emits an alpha particle (helium nucleus) and thereby transforms or 'decays' into an atom with a mass number that is reduced by four and an atomic number that is reduced by two.

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Alpha particle

Alpha particles consist of two protons and two neutrons bound together into a particle identical to a helium-4 nucleus.

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Alternative fuel

Alternative fuels, known as non-conventional and advanced fuels, are any materials or substances that can be used as fuels, other than conventional fuels like; fossil fuels (petroleum (oil), coal, and natural gas), as well as nuclear materials such as uranium and thorium, as well as artificial radioisotope fuels that are made in nuclear reactors.

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Americium

Americium is a synthetic chemical element with symbol Am and atomic number 95.

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Americium-241

Americium-241 (241Am) is an isotope of americium.

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Amtor

The Amtor or Venus Series is a science fantasy series consisting of four novels and one novelette written by American author Edgar Rice Burroughs.

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Ansar Pervaiz

Ansar Pervaiz, also spelled as (Ansar Parvez), HI, is a Pakistani scientist and a nuclear engineer who was the former chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), and former chairman of the Board of Governors of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

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Apollo 13

Apollo 13 was the seventh manned mission in the Apollo space program and the third intended to land on the Moon.

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Apollo 15 operations on the Lunar surface

Apollo 15 lunar surface operations were conducted from July 30 to August 2, 1971, by Apollo 15 Commander David Scott and lunar module Pilot James Irwin, who used the first lunar rover to make three exploratory trips away from their landing site at the base of the Apennine Mountains, near Hadley Rille.

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Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package

The Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) comprised a set of scientific instruments placed by the astronauts at the landing site of each of the five Apollo missions to land on the Moon following Apollo 11 (Apollos 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17).

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Application of silicon-germanium thermoelectrics in space exploration

Silicon-germanium (SiGe) thermoelectrics have been used for converting heat into power in spacecraft designed for deep-space NASA missions since 1976.

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April 21

No description.

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Argo (spacecraft)

Argo was a 2009 spacecraft mission concept by NASA to the outer planets and beyond.

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Association of Autonomous Astronauts

The Association of Autonomous Astronauts is a worldwide network of community-based groups dedicated to building their own spaceships.

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Astrobiology Field Laboratory

The Astrobiology Field Laboratory (AFL) (also Mars Astrobiology Field Laboratory or MAFL) was a proposed NASA unmanned spacecraft that would have conducted a robotic search for life on Mars.

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Atomic battery

The terms atomic battery, nuclear battery, tritium battery and radioisotope generator are used to describe a device which uses energy from the decay of a radioactive isotope to generate electricity.

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Baltimore Harbor Light

The Baltimore Harbor Light, officially Baltimore Light and historically Baltimore Harbor Lighthouse is a privately owned caisson lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.

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Baranikha, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

Baranikha (Бара́ниха) is an inhabited locality (an urban-type settlement) in Chaunsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.

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Benjamin Abeles

Benjamin Abeles (born 1925) is a physicist whose research in the 1960s in the USA on germanium-silicon alloys led to the technology used to power space probes such as the Voyager spacecraft.

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BES-5

BES-5, also known as Bouk or Buk (translation), was a Soviet thermoelectric generator that was used to power 31 satellites in the US-A (RORSAT) project.

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Beta-M

Some Soviet era lighthouses and beacons were unique, as they were powered by radioisotope thermoelectric generators called the Beta-M. It was capable of generating 10 watts of electricity, almost enough to power a compact fluorescent light bulb with light output equivalent to a 60 watt bulb.

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Betavoltaic device

Betavoltaic devices, also known as betavoltaic cells, are generators of electric current, in effect a form of battery, which use energy from a radioactive source emitting beta particles (electrons).

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Breakthrough Starshot

Breakthrough Starshot is a research and engineering project by the Breakthrough Initiatives to develop a proof-of-concept fleet of light sail spacecraft named StarChip, to be capable of making the journey to the Alpha Centauri star system 4.37 light-years away.

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Cassini–Huygens

The Cassini–Huygens mission, commonly called Cassini, was a collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to send a probe to study the planet Saturn and its system, including its rings and natural satellites.

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Colonization of the Moon

The colonization of the Moon is a proposed establishment of permanent human communities or robotic industries on the Moon.

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Common beta emitters

Strontium-90 is a commonly used beta emitter used in industrial sources.

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Cryobot

A cryobot or Philberth-probe is a robot that can penetrate water ice.

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Curiosity (rover)

Curiosity is a car-sized rover designed to explore Gale Crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission (MSL).

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Curium

Curium is a transuranic radioactive chemical element with symbol Cm and atomic number 96.

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Decay heat

Decay heat is the heat released as a result of radioactive decay.

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Diamond battery

Diamond battery is the name of a prototype battery proposed by the University of Bristol Cabot Institute during their annual lecture held on 25 November 2016 at the Wills Memorial Building.

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Dirty bomb

A dirty bomb or radiological dispersal device (RDD) is a speculative radiological weapon that combines radioactive material with conventional explosives.

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Dragonfly (spacecraft)

Dragonfly is a proposed spacecraft and mission that would send a mobile robotic rotorcraft lander to Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, in order to study prebiotic chemistry and extraterrestrial habitability at various locations where it would perform vertical-takeoff and landings (VTOL).

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Energy density

Energy density is the amount of energy stored in a given system or region of space per unit volume.

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Energy development

Energy development is the field of activities focused on obtaining sources of energy from natural resources.

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Energy harvesting

Energy harvesting (also known as power harvesting or energy scavenging or ambient power) is the process by which energy is derived from external sources (e.g., solar power, thermal energy, wind energy, salinity gradients, and kinetic energy, also known as ambient energy), captured, and stored for small, wireless autonomous devices, like those used in wearable electronics and wireless sensor networks.

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Europa Clipper

Europa Clipper is an interplanetary mission in development by NASA comprising an orbiter.

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Europa Lander (NASA)

Europa Lander is a proposed astrobiology mission concept by NASA to Europa, a moon of Jupiter.

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Europa Orbiter

The Europa Orbiter was a planned NASA mission to Jupiter's Moon Europa, that was cancelled in 2002.

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ExoMars

ExoMars (Exobiology on Mars) is a two-part astrobiology project to search for evidence of life on Mars, a joint mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian space agency Roscosmos.

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ExoMars 2020 surface platform

The ExoMars 2020 surface platform is a planned robotic Mars lander, part of the ExoMars 2020 mission by the European Space Agency and the Roscosmos State Corporation.

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Fairway Rock

Fairway Rock (Census block 1047, Nome, Alaska) is a small islet in the Bering Strait, located southeast of the Diomede Islands and west of Alaska's Cape Prince of Wales.

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Fuel

A fuel is any material that can be made to react with other substances so that it releases energy as heat energy or to be used for work.

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Galileo (spacecraft)

Galileo was an American unmanned spacecraft that studied the planet Jupiter and its moons, as well as several other Solar System bodies.

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General-purpose heat source

The general-purpose heat source is a U.S. DOE-designed radioactive heat source for radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTG) or Stirling radioisotope generators (SRG).

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GPHS-RTG

GPHS-RTG or General Purpose Heat Source — Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator, is a specific design of the Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) used on US space missions.

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How I Ended This Summer

How I Ended This Summer (Как я провёл этим летом, translit. Kak ya provyol etim letom) is a 2010 Russian drama film directed by Alexei Popogrebski.

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Human enhancement

Human enhancement (Augment) is "any attempt to temporarily or permanently overcome the current limitations of the human body through natural or artificial means.

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Index of physics articles (R)

The index of physics articles is split into multiple pages due to its size.

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Index of radiation articles

* absorbed dose.

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Innovative Interstellar Explorer

Innovative Interstellar Explorer was a NASA "Vision Mission" study funded by NASA following a proposal under NRA-03-OSS-01 on 11 September 2003.

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InterPlanetary Network

The InterPlanetary Network (IPN) is a group of spacecraft equipped with gamma ray burst (GRB) detectors.

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Interstellar ark

An interstellar ark or generation ship is a conceptual space vehicle designed for interstellar travel.

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Interstellar probe

An interstellar probe is a space probe that has left—or is expected to leave—the Solar System and enter interstellar space, which is typically defined as the region beyond the heliopause.

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Interstellar Probe (1999)

Interstellar Probe is the name of a 1999 space probe concept by NASA intended to travel out 200 AU in 15 years.

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Iridium

Iridium is a chemical element with symbol Ir and atomic number 77.

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Isotopes of americium

Americium (95Am) is an artificial element, and thus a standard atomic weight cannot be given.

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Isotopes of gadolinium

Naturally occurring gadolinium (64Gd) is composed of 6 stable isotopes, 154Gd, 155Gd, 156Gd, 157Gd, 158Gd and 160Gd, and 1 radioisotope, 152Gd, with 158Gd being the most abundant (24.84% natural abundance).

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Isotopes of neptunium

Neptunium (93Np) is usually considered an artificial element, although trace quantities are found in nature, so thus a standard atomic weight cannot be given.

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Isotopes of plutonium

Plutonium (94Pu) is an artificial element, except for trace quantities resulting from neutron capture by uranium, and thus a standard atomic weight cannot be given.

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Isotopes of polonium

Polonium (84Po) has 33 isotopes, all of which are radioactive, with between 186 and 227 nucleons.

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Isotopes of promethium

Promethium (61Pm) is an artificial element, except in trace quantities as a product of spontaneous fission of 238U and 235U and alpha decay of 151Eu, and thus a standard atomic weight cannot be given.

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January 1959

The following events occurred in January 1959.

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Juno (spacecraft)

Juno is a NASA space probe orbiting the planet Jupiter.

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Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer

The JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) is an interplanetary spacecraft in development by the European Space Agency (ESA) with Airbus Defence and Space as the main contractor.

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Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter

The Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO) was a proposed NASA spacecraft designed to explore the icy moons of Jupiter.

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Kilopower

Kilopower is an experimental project aimed at producing a new design for nuclear reactors for space travel.

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Laplace-P

Laplace-P (formerly called Europa Lander) is a proposed orbiter and lander by the Russian Federal Space Agency designed to study the Jovian moon system and explore Ganymede with a lander.

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Lighthouse

A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.

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List of acronyms: R

(Main list of acronyms).

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List of astronomy acronyms

This is a compilation of initialisms and acronyms commonly used in astronomy.

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List of civilian radiation accidents

This article lists notable civilian accidents involving radioactive materials or involving ionizing radiation from artificial sources such as x-ray tubes and particle accelerators.

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List of National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees

The National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) inductees includes over 500 inventors spanning three centuries of lifetimes.

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List of nuclear power systems in space

This list of nuclear power systems in space includes nuclear power systems that were flown to space, or launched in an attempt to reach space.

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Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster

A magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thruster (MPDT) is a form of electrically powered spacecraft propulsion which uses the Lorentz force (the force on a charged particle by an electromagnetic field) to generate thrust.

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Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment

MOXIE (Mars OXygen In situ resource utilization Experiment) is an exploration technology experiment that will produce a small amount of pure oxygen from Martian atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) in a process called solid oxide electrolysis.

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Marshall Space Flight Center

The George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), located in Huntsville, Alabama, is the U.S. government's civilian rocketry and spacecraft propulsion research center.

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MHW (disambiguation)

MHW may refer to.

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MHW-RTG

The Multihundred-Watt radioisotope thermoelectric generators (MHW RTG) is a type of US radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) developed for the Voyager spacecrafts, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2.

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Michio Kaku

Michio Kaku (born 24 January 1947) is an American theoretical physicist, futurist, and popularizer of science.

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Molten-salt battery

Molten-salt batteries (including liquid-metal batteries) are a class of battery that uses molten salts as an electrolyte and offers both a high energy density and a high power density.

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Mound Laboratories

Mound Laboratories in Miamisburg, Ohio was an Atomic Energy Commission (later Department of Energy) facility for nuclear weapon research during the Cold War, named after the nearby Miami Indian burial mound.

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Multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator

The multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator (MMRTG) is a type of radioisotope thermoelectric generator developed for NASA space missions such as the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Energy's Office of Space and Defense Power Systems within the Office of Nuclear Energy.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.

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NASA robots

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) robots are robotic devices used to aid, augment, or substitute for astronauts in order to do difficult or rote tasks such as repairs in dangerous environments (such as those with radiation or micrometeorite risks), routine procedures (video capture), etc.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2014

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2014 is a bill that would authorize the appropriation of $17.6 billion in fiscal year 2014 to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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Neil J. Gunther

Neil Gunther (born 15 August 1950) is a computer information systems researcher best known internationally for developing the open-source performance modeling software Pretty Damn Quick and developing the to computer capacity planning and performance analysis.

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Neptune Orbiter

Neptune Orbiter was a proposed NASA unmanned planetary spacecraft to explore the planet Neptune.

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Neptunium

Neptunium is a chemical element with symbol Np and atomic number 93.

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New Horizons

New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe that was launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program.

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New Horizons 2

New Horizons 2 (also New Horizons II, NHII, or NH2) was a proposed mission to the trans-Neptunian objects by NASA.

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Nimbus 3

Nimbus 3 (also called Nimbus-B2) was a meteorological satellite.

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Nimbus B

Nimbus B was an meteorological satellite launched as part of the Nimbus program.

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Nimbus program

The Nimbus satellites were second-generation U.S. robotic spacecraft used for meteorological research and development.

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Nuclear electric rocket

In a Nuclear Electric Rocket (also known as nuclear electric propulsion and space nuclear fission electric power systems), nuclear thermal energy is changed into electrical energy that is used to power one of the electrical propulsion technologies.

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Nuclear fuel

Nuclear fuel is a substance that is used in nuclear power stations to produce heat to power turbines.

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Nuclear power

Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions that release nuclear energy to generate heat, which most frequently is then used in steam turbines to produce electricity in a nuclear power plant.

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Nuclear power in Indonesia

The program for nuclear power in Indonesia includes plans to build nuclear reactors in the country for peaceful purposes.

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Nuclear power in space

Nuclear power in space is the use of nuclear power in outer space, typically either small fission systems or radioactive decay for electricity or heat.

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Nuclear propulsion

Nuclear propulsion includes a wide variety of propulsion methods that fulfill the promise of the Atomic Age by using some form of nuclear reaction as their primary power source.

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Nuclear reactor

A nuclear reactor, formerly known as an atomic pile, is a device used to initiate and control a self-sustained nuclear chain reaction.

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Oceanus (Uranus orbiter)

OCEANUS (Origins and Composition of the Exoplanet Analog Uranus System) is a mission concept conceived in 2016 and presented in 2017 as a potential future contestant as a New Frontiers program mission to the planet Uranus.

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Oort cloud

The Oort cloud, named after the Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, sometimes called the Öpik–Oort cloud, is a theoretical cloud of predominantly icy planetesimals proposed to surround the Sun at distances ranging from.

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Optoelectric nuclear battery

An opto-electric nuclear battery is a device that converts nuclear energy into light, which it then uses to generate electrical energy.

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Orphan source

An orphan source is a self-contained radioactive source that is no longer under proper regulatory control.

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Outline of nuclear power

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to nuclear power: Nuclear power – the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity.

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Outline of nuclear technology

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to nuclear technology: Nuclear technology – involves the reactions of atomic nuclei.

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Period 6 element

A period 6 element is one of the chemical elements in the sixth row (or period) of the periodic table of the elements, including the lanthanides.

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Pioneer 10

Pioneer 10 (originally designated Pioneer F) is an American space probe, launched in 1972 and weighing, that completed the first mission to the planet Jupiter.

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Pioneer 11

Pioneer 11 (also known as Pioneer G) is a robotic space probe launched by NASA on April 6, 1973 to study the asteroid belt, the environment around Jupiter and Saturn, solar wind and cosmic rays.

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Pioneer anomaly

The Pioneer anomaly or Pioneer effect was the observed deviation from predicted accelerations of the Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 spacecraft after they passed about on their trajectories out of the Solar System.

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Pioneer H

Pioneer H is an unlaunched unmanned space mission that was part of the US Pioneer program for a planned 1974 launch.

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Pluto Kuiper Express

Pluto Kuiper Express was an interplanetary space probe that was proposed by Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) scientists and engineers and under development by NASA.

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Plutonium

Plutonium is a radioactive chemical element with symbol Pu and atomic number 94.

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Plutonium in the environment

Since the mid-20th century, plutonium in the environment has been primarily produced by human activity.

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Plutonium(IV) oxide

Plutonium(IV) oxide is the chemical compound with the formula PuO2.

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Plutonium-238

Plutonium-238 (also known as Pu-238 or 238Pu) is a radioactive isotope of plutonium that has a half-life of 87.7 years.

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Polonium

Polonium is a chemical element with symbol Po and atomic number 84.

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Power pack

Power pack or powerpack may refer to.

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Power processing unit

Power processing units (PPUs) are circuit devices that convert an electricity input from a utility line into the appropriate voltage and current to be used for the device in question.

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Project Prometheus

Project Prometheus/Project Promethian was established in 2003 by NASA to develop nuclear-powered systems for long-duration space missions.

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Quehanna Wild Area

Quehanna Wild Area is a wildlife area within parts of Cameron, Clearfield and Elk counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania; with a total area of, it covers parts of Elk and Moshannon State Forests.

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Radioactive waste

Radioactive waste is waste that contains radioactive material.

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Radioisotope heater unit

Radioisotope heater units (RHU) are small devices that provide heat through radioactive decay.

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Radioisotope rocket

The radioisotope rocket is a type of thermal rocket engine that uses the heat generated by the decay of radioactive elements to heat a working fluid, which is then exhausted through a rocket nozzle to produce thrust.

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Radioisotope thermoelectric generator

A Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG, RITEG) is an electrical generator that uses an array of thermocouples to convert the heat released by the decay of a suitable radioactive material into electricity by the Seebeck effect.

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Radionuclide

A radionuclide (radioactive nuclide, radioisotope or radioactive isotope) is an atom that has excess nuclear energy, making it unstable.

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Rathlin O'Birne

Rathlin O'Birne (Gaeilge: Reachlainn Uí Bhirn) is an island located to the south west of Glencolumbkille, County Donegal and 2km west of Malin Beg.

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Robotic spacecraft

A robotic spacecraft is an uncrewed spacecraft, usually under telerobotic control.

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Rocketdyne

Rocketdyne was an American rocket engine design and production company headquartered in Canoga Park, in the western San Fernando Valley of suburban Los Angeles, in southern California.

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Romashka reactor

The Romashka reactor (translation) was a Soviet experimental nuclear reactor.

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RTG

RTG may refer to.

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Sagittarius (constellation)

Sagittarius is one of the constellations of the zodiac.

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Satellite

In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an artificial object which has been intentionally placed into orbit.

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Schiaparelli EDM lander

Schiaparelli EDM lander was the Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator Module (EDM) of the ExoMars programme—a joint mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian space agency Roscosmos.

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Sentinel

Sentinel may refer to.

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September 1965

The following events occurred in September 1965.

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Service life

A product's service life is its period of use in service.

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SNAP-10A

SNAP-10A (Systems for Nuclear, Auxiliary Power), also called SNAPSHOT is an experimental nuclear powered satellite launched into space in 1965.

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Snow Crash

Snow Crash is a science fiction novel by American writer Neal Stephenson, published in 1992.

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Solar panels on spacecraft

Spacecraft operating in the inner Solar System usually rely on the use of photovoltaic solar panels to derive electricity from sunlight.

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Spacecraft

A spacecraft is a vehicle or machine designed to fly in outer space.

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Stirling radioisotope generator

The Stirling radioisotope generator (SRG) is a generator based on a Stirling engine powered by a large radioisotope heater unit.

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Strontium

Strontium is the chemical element with symbol Sr and atomic number 38.

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Strontium fluoride

Strontium fluoride, SrF2, also called strontium difluoride and strontium(II) fluoride, is a fluoride of strontium.

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Strontium titanate

Strontium titanate is an oxide of strontium and titanium with the chemical formula SrTiO3.

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Strontium-90

Strontium-90 is a radioactive isotope of strontium produced by nuclear fission, with a half-life of 28.8 years.

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Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power

The Systems Nuclear Auxiliary POWER (SNAP) program was a program of experimental radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) and space nuclear reactors flown during the 1960s by NASA.

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The Martian (film)

The Martian is a 2015 science fiction survival film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon.

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Thermionic converter

A thermionic converter consists of a hot electrode which thermionically emits electrons over a potential energy barrier to a cooler electrode, producing a useful electric power output.

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Thermocouple

A thermocouple is an electrical device consisting of two dissimilar electrical conductors forming electrical junctions at differing temperatures.

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Thermoelectric cooling

Thermoelectric cooling uses the Peltier effect to create a heat flux between the junction of two different types of materials.

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Thermoelectric effect

The thermoelectric effect is the direct conversion of temperature differences to electric voltage and vice versa via a thermocouple.

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Thermoelectric generator

A thermoelectric generator (TEG), also called a Seebeck generator, is a solid state device that converts heat flux (temperature differences) directly into electrical energy through a phenomenon called the Seebeck effect (a form of thermoelectric effect).

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Thermoelectric materials

Thermoelectric materials show the thermoelectric effect in a strong or convenient form.

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Thermophotovoltaic

Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) energy conversion is a direct conversion process from heat to electricity via photons.

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Titan Mare Explorer

Titan Mare Explorer (TiME) is a proposed design for a lander for Saturn's moon Titan.

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Tonga Trench

The Tonga Trench is an oceanic trench located in the south-west Pacific Ocean.

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Transit (satellite)

The Transit system, also known as NAVSAT or NNSS (for Navy Navigation Satellite System), was the first satellite navigation system to be used operationally.

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Ulysses (spacecraft)

Ulysses is a decommissioned robotic space probe whose primary mission was to orbit the Sun and study it at all latitudes.

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United States naval reactors

United States naval reactors are nuclear reactors used by the United States Navy aboard certain ships to generate the steam used to produce power for propulsion, electric power, catapulting airplanes in aircraft carriers, and a few more minor uses.

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Unmanned NASA missions

Following is a sampling of some of NASA's past and present programs excluding manned spacecraft.

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US-A

Upravlyaemy Sputnik Aktivnyy (Управляемый Спутник Активный for Controlled Active Satellite), or US-A, also known in the west as Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite or RORSAT, was a series of Soviet reconnaissance satellites.

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USA-193

USA-193, also known as NRO launch 21 (NROL-21 or simply L-21), was a U.S. military reconnaissance satellite (radar imaging) launched on 14 December 2006.

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USCGC Northwind (WAGB-282)

USCGC Northwind (WAG/WAGB-282), The Grand Old Lady of the North, was a ''Wind''-class icebreaker, the second United States Coast Guard Cutter of her class to bear the name.

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Viking program

The Viking program consisted of a pair of American space probes sent to Mars, Viking 1 and Viking 2.

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Voyager 1

Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977.

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Voyager 2

Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, to study the outer planets.

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Voyager program

The Voyager program is an American scientific program that employs two robotic probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, to study the outer Solar System.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator

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