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AERO-SPACE PROGRAMS 3 Byron Motion Pictures, at $54.05 per print, including shipping case, F.O.B. Washington, D. C. Available for loan (free) from USAEC headquarters and field libraries and Atomics Interna- tional, P. O. Box 309, Canoga Park, Calif. Cleared for television. The SNAP program is a USAEC program to develop long-lived auxiliary power from nuclear energy for use in satellites and space vehicles. Compact atomic reactors being developed by Atomics International for use in SNAP systems are shown in this Semite conical film. Safety characteristics of the SNAP reactor during fabrication, testing, trans- port, installation, launching, and use in space are described. Detailed sequences filmed at Atomics International on fabrication and testing show the simplicity and compactness of the reactors. Safety features are described in scenes that illustrate shipping, launch-site activities, and launch of the reactor into space. The burnup and dispersal of the reactor during reentry into the atmosphere are shown in a detailed animation sequence. Many beneficial uses of SNAP in the U. S. national space program are illustrated. OUR NEAREST STAR (Isotopic Power System for the Transit Satellite) (1961). 12 minutes, color. Produced for the USAEC by Martin Company, Nuclear Division. For sale by Byron Motion Pictures, at $48.26 per print, includ- ing shipping case. Available for loan (free) from USAEC head- quarters and field libraries. Cleared for television. A SNAP isotopic-power system has been placed in orbit aboard the Transit Four-A navigation satellite. This simple, powerful device is the first application of nuclear power in space. The system, which powers two of Transit's four navigation radio transmitters, is designed to operate for five years or more. Against a background of the Transit Program, this semitechnical film follows the development testing of the radioisotope fuel capsule and the thermoelectric generator that make up this SNAP system. The film shows the Thor-Able-Star gantry at Cape Kennedy as the SNAP unit is mounted on Transit, and, when the system is launched, the view is from the blockhouse and the launch pad. PAX ATOMIS: SNAP-7 TERRESTRIAL ISOTOPIC POWER SYSTE~MS (1965) 25 minutes, color. Produced for the USAEC by the Martin Company, Baltimore. For sale by Gerald Productions, at $90.64 per print, including shipping case, F.O.B. New York City. Available for loan (free) from USAEC headquarters and field libraries. Cleared for television. A film useful to both high school and college groups summarizes the parallel development of a family of fully shielded thermoelectric power converters and chemical processing of the radioisotope strontium-90 fuel. Laboratory procedures are depicted for thermoelectric couple