Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS)

NASA has named nine finalists out of the 45 semifinalist student essays in the Power to Explore Challenge, a national…

2023 – 2024 Power to Explore Contest Winners NASA announced the winners of the third annual Power to Explore Challenge,…

NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars and other NASA spacecraft that explore some of the most distant, darkest and dustiest places…

The rover carries several swatches of spacesuit materials, and scientists are assessing how they’ve held up after four years on…


The annual NASA writing challenge invites K-12th grade students in the United States to learn about Radioisotope Power Systems and…

Animation of the components of a radioisotope heater unit (RHU) component.

Space nuclear power to explore the deepest, dustiest, darkest, and most distant regions of our solar system and beyond.

NASA selected 45 student essays as semifinalists of its 2024-2025 Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students…