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KSC-97PC1068

NASA / KSC · 1997-07-18 · photograph (digital archive)

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers Dan Maynard and John Shuping prepare to install a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) on the Cassini spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF). The three RTGs which will provide electrical power to Cassini on its mission to the Saturnian system are undergoing mechanical and electrical verification testing in the PHSF. RTGs use heat from the natural decay of plutonium to generate electric power.

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Credit lineKSC-97PC1068. NASA/KSC, 1997-07-18. Public domain. ID: KSC-97PC1068.
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