Sentences with phrase «power deep space probes»
Plus, there is now additional funding, $ 15 million, for the production of Plutonium - 238, which is used to power deep space probes.
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«The physics of separating spins with heat currents is related to the operation of thermocouples and the thermoelectric generators that power deep space probes.
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It powered the New Horizons spacecraft to Pluto, it propels the Voyager probe into deep space, and it drives the Mars rover Curiosity across Martian terrain, Popular Science reports.
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