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Rolls-Royce is investing $75 million to expand its engine manufacturing plant in South Carolina, creating 60 jobs and boosting production of mtu Series 4000 diesel engines for critical infrastructure, reflecting its shift into energy and power systems and strengthening its U.S. industrial presence.
NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 space probes have been operating for over 45 years, thanks to the radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) that provided 470 W at launch. Recently, NASA announced that Voyager 2 has a reserve power source that will postpone the shutdown of more science instruments for a few more years. The Voyager's Multi-Hundred Watt (MHW) RTGs are the predecessor to the RTGs that are still powering the New Horizons probe after 17 years and the Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity) for over 10 years, showing the value of RTGs in long-term exploration missions.