NASA makes crucial move to keep its legendary Voyager craft alive
Voyager 1 — launched in 1977 and now over 15.6 billion miles from Earth — started out with 10 science instruments, but now ...
NASA squeezes more life from 47-year-old Voyager probes
However, NASA isn’t ready to say goodbye just yet, and is taking measures to get as much life out of the pair as possible. On ...
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Department Thermoelectric Materials and Systems
Furthermore, TEG serve as autonomous and mobile power sources. They are used as Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTG) for space exploration, Auxiliary Power Units (APU) for military ...
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NASA Powers Down Equipment on Voyager Probes as They Struggle for Life
There's more bad news for NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft. The twin space probes left the solar system in 2012 and 2018 ...
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Waste heat to green energy: New approach boosts thermoelectric generator efficiency
Thermoelectric devices—including the radioisotope thermoelectric generators that produce energy for NASA's space exploration vehicles—can convert differences in temperature to electricity.