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National Labs Resume Plutonium Production for Space Exploration
December 17, 2019
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news:

Over six weeks during the summer of 1977, the two Voyager spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. In the 42 years since, they have traveled more than 11 billion miles from Earth.

Along their journey, the spacecraft have provided stunning images of planets such as Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune and their moons. They've gathered ream . . .

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