Update
07-04-1905
Content Type
Multimedia
Grade Level
Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
Object Type
Video
License

This 8:34 video demonstrates how NASA has used radioisotope power systems (RPS), for more than twenty missions over the last 50 years. Students get an overview of RPS, and learn the advantages of RPS that allow spacecraft like Voyager and Cassini to operate for long periods of time.