NASA engineers have started loading nuclear fuel into the Mars 2020 rover. In anticipation of the unmanned explorer's scheduled 2020 launch, the space agency's Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen has given the green light to begin placing the plutonium-238 dioxide fuel into the Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (MMRTG) that will provide the rover with heat and electricity.
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