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Record of Decision for Mars 2020 Mission
News Article, July 1, 2015 • Mars 2020 Rover instrument selection. NASA issued a record of decision (ROD) to use a nuclear battery (a multi-mission radioisotope thermo­electric generator) on the next rover to go to Mars, in 2020. Sandia performed the Nuclear Risk Assessment that was the keystone analysis in the Environmental Impact Statement leading up...

Sandia Assists NASA in Understanding Launch-Area Accidents
News Article, October 29, 2015 • Curiosity’s multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator on Mars. Some NASA spacecraft, those which operate on the surface of other planets or are too far from the sun, require the use of radioisotope power systems (fueled with plutonium dioxide) to produce electricity and heat. In the unlikely event of an early launch...