Russia launches Luna-25 moon lander, its 1st lunar probe in 47 years: "If all goes according to plan, Luna-25 will spend the next five days journeying to the moon, then circle the natural satellite for another five to seven days. The spacecraft will then set down in the moon's south polar region.."

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[–]In-the-clouds 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

One of the things they admit to bringing to the moon:

a radioisotope heat and power source

Translation: They have radioactive material on board.

[–]noice 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Pretty sure that's the most common way to power a space probe.