Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire: Nuclear-powered rover takes off for Mars : New Nuclear

Nuclear-powered rover takes off for Mars : New Nuclear - World Nuclear News: NASA's Perseverance Mars rover successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The rover, which will be powered by a Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator developed at the US Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory, will land on Mars to begin exploration in February 2021.