Plutonium-238 to help power perseverance on Mars

Wednesday, July 29, 2020 - 11:50 in Astronomy & Space

After its long journey to Mars beginning this summer, NASA's Perseverance rover will be powered across the planet's surface in part by plutonium produced at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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