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English: In the high bay of the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spacecraft technicians from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory transfer the multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator (MMRTG) for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission onto the aft of the Curiosity rover for a fit check with the aid of the MMRTG integration cart. The MMRTG then will be removed and installed on the rover for launch at the pad. The MMRTG will generate the power needed for the mission from the natural decay of plutonium-238, a non-weapons-grade form of the radioisotope. Heat given off by this natural decay will provide constant power through the day and night during all seasons. Curiosity, MSL's car-sized rover, has 10 science instruments designed to search for signs of life, including methane, and help determine if the gas is from a biological or geological source. Waste heat from the MMRTG will be circulated throughout the rover system to keep instruments, computers, mechanical devices and communications systems within their operating temperature ranges. Launch of MSL aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is planned for Nov. 25 from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/msl.
Polski: Na rusztowaniu wnęki hali montażowej serwisu ładunków niebezpiecznych ang. Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF), znajdującej się w Centrum Przestrzeni Kosmicznej na Florydzie, technicy pojazdów kosmicznych laboratorium Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA zamontowali radioizotopowy termoelektryczny generator (MMRTG) na rufie łazika Curiosity (odwróconego o 180° w płaszczyźnie pionowej), w celu sprawdzenia dopasowania MMRTG do koszyka łączącego MMRTG z łazikiem. MMRTG następnie został usunięty i zainstalowany ponownie na łaziku kiedy ten obudowany owiewką ładowni znajdował się na szczycie rakiety Saturn V na stanowisku startowym. MMRTG generuje moc potrzebną do realizacji misji z naturalnego rozpadu dwutlenku plutonu-238 (odmiana radioizotopu plutonu nieużywana przy produkcji broni jądrowej. Ciepło wydzielane podczas naturalnego rozpadu zapewnia stałą moc przez cały dzień i noc o każdej porze. Łazik Curiosity o wielkości samochodu osobowego, posiada 10 naukowych instrumentów mających szukać śladów życia, w tym metanu, i pomóc ustalić, czy ewentualny gaz jest ze źródła biologicznego, czy geologicznego. Ciepło nie biorące udziału w produkcji energii elektrycznej zostaje rozprowadzone w całym systemie łazika aby utrzymać instrumenty, komputery, urządzenia mechaniczne i systemy łączności w właściwych zakresach temperatur. Start MSL na pokładzie rakiety Atlas V odbył się z Complex 41 na Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Aby uzyskać więcej informacji, odwiedź http://www.nasa.gov/msl |
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