NASA builds nuclear reactor for space that's capable of providing power for 10 years

Exploring space, traveling to other worlds, and making observations of far-off planets is humanity's next big challenge. We're already accomplishing some of those feats, but as we inch closer to the day when manned missions to the Moon, Mars, and elsewhere become more common, there's plenty of problems yet to be solved. One of the biggest issues is power, and a new test by NASA and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) just demonstrated that nuclear power might be the answer we've ...