Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS)A labeled view showing the parts of a General Purpose Heat Source (GPHS) module.New Horizons carries seven scientific instruments and a radioisotope thermoelectric generator. The spacecraft weighs 1,060 pounds.Space nuclear power to explore the deepest, dustiest, darkest, and most distant regions of our solar system and beyond.Radioisotope Heater Units (RHUs) are small devices that use the decay of plutonium-238 to provide heat to keep a spacecraft's...Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package (ALSEP) placed on the Moon by the crew of Apollo 14. The RTG is the...ORIGINAL CAPTION: At Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Station, one of three radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) is being...
