The PULSAR research project, led by Belgian engineering firm Tractebel, has unveiled the conceptual design of a plutonium-238 ...

Perpetual Atomics is excited to announce this collaboration, which will enable the processing of americium into sealed sources for use in radioisotope power systems, including radioisotope heater ...

and radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs). This partnership is another step toward supporting sustainable and reliable power solutions for some of the most challenging environments in space.

Spacecraft powered by electric propulsion could soon be better protected against their own exhaust, thanks to new ...

The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ancient life on Mars.

The Mound Cold War Discovery Center (MCWDC) in Mound Business Park seeks to complete fundraising for its $7.2 million ...

But for missions farther from the sun, where the sunlight is fainter, nuclear power in the form of radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) can also be used to drive the electric propulsion.

After an independent review concluded NASA's plans to robotically collect and return rock and soil samples from Mars could cost up to $11 billion, NASA "pulled the plug" and is focusing on two ...

It would use a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) for power rather than solar panels, a move intended to simplify operations of the lander and better deal with dust storms that would ...