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Bean from Apollo 12 puts the plutonium-238 fuel from the lunar module into the SNAP-27 (Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power) radioisotope thermoelectric generator. Photo: NASA, 19 November 1969 Nuclear technologies have supported space missions for decades and could play an even greater role in the future.

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