Ispace, UK University To Work On Lunar Radioisotope Heater

The Space Nuclear Power group at the University of Leicester has been developing radioisotope power systems for more than a decade.

Credit: ispace
Ispace’s European subsidiary has signed a strategic consulting agreement with the University of Leicester in the UK to explore using radioisotope heater units on its Moon lander and rovers to survive the two-week lunar night. The heater units would be used on ispace’s Series 3 lunar lander and...

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