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The U.S. Department of Energy's recent shipment of heat source plutonium-238 to its Los Alamos National Laboratory is a significant step towards fueling NASA missions with radioisotope power systems. This shipment, the largest since the domestic restart of plutonium-238 production, brings NASA closer to achieving its target of 1.5 kilograms per year by 2026. Radioisotope power systems enable deep space exploration and the new plutonium will be used to power missions like NASA's Mars 2020, which carries the Perseverance rover equipped with a Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator. The partnership between NASA and the Department of Energy ensures the availability of radioisotopes for future missions.