radioisotope thermoelectric generator

The radioisotope thermoelectric generator was also appropriately used for heat.

Curiosity got its electrical power from a Radioisotope thermoelectric generator.

It is a heat source in radioisotope thermoelectric generators, which are used to power some spacecraft.

There is a radioisotope thermoelectric generator near the settlement.

Electrical power is provided to Galileo's equipment by two radioisotope thermoelectric generators.

It is a potential fuel for long-lifetime radioisotope thermoelectric generators.

It would use radioisotope thermoelectric generators for electrical power.

New Horizons will exhaust its radioisotope thermoelectric generator long before it reaches any other stars.

Deep-space applications would use radioisotope thermoelectric generators; hybrid systems are in design.

Cassini weighs nearly 12,600 pounds and has radioisotope thermoelectric generators (nuclear power) on board.

Thermopiles can also be applied to generate electricity in radioisotope thermoelectric generators.

It is also used as a thermal power source in radioisotope thermoelectric generator power packs.

Like Curiosity, the new rover would be nuclear-powered, thanks to a spare radioisotope thermoelectric generator.

A glowing red hot pellet of plutonium-238 dioxide to be used in a radioisotope thermoelectric generator for space missions.

Radioisotope thermoelectric generators could be used as backup and emergency power sources for solar powered colonies.

Iridium radioisotopes are used in some radioisotope thermoelectric generators.

The trench is the last resting place of the radioisotope thermoelectric generator from the aborted Apollo 13 mission.

Another use is as a carrier of strontium-90 radioisotope in radioisotope thermoelectric generators.

Both radioisotope thermoelectric generator and photovoltaic power sources were assessed to power the orbiter.

Space probes often use radioisotope thermoelectric generators with the same mechanism but using radioisotopes to generate the required heat difference.

Some designs might contain a radioisotope thermoelectric generator using Pu-238 to provide a long lasting source of electrical power for the electronics in the device.

Plutonium naturally radiates heat, which can be converted into electricity by a device called a radioisotope thermoelectric generator.

Nuclear power sources (Radioisotope thermoelectric generators) have been used in several successful satellite programs including the Nimbus program (1964-1978).

A radioisotope thermoelectric generator uses thermocouples.

Nimbus-3 tested a SNAP-19 radioisotope thermoelectric generator in space.