Document Details
Title:
ATOMIC POWER GENERATOR ON THE MOON ( SNAP-27 )
Author(s):
UNK, [* AEC-HQ]
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
OTHER
Document Type Other:
AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL
Publication Date:
1973 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0097131
Document Number(s):
AEC739887
Originating Research Org.:
NATIONAL AERONAUTIC + SPACE ADMINISTRATION
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
ATOMIC POWER GENERATOR ON THE MOON...THE U.S. AEC DEVELOPED COMPACT AT OMIC POWER GENERATOR TECHNICALLY KNOWN AS A RADIOISOTOPIC THERMOELECTR IC GENERATOR (SNAP-27) ON THE MOON. THE GENERATOR WAS DEPLOYED BY THE APOLLO 17 ASTRONAUTS IN DECEMBER 1972. THE POWER FROM THE GENERATOR OPERATES SEVERAL EXPERIMENTAL DEVICES LEFT ON THE MOON. FOUR OTHER AT OMIC BATTERIES ARE OPERATING ON THE MOON POWERING OTHER EXPERIMENT STA TIONS