On the Moon, Kilopower could be deployed to help search for resources in permanently shadowed craters
Typical missions to the International Space Station (ISS) last just six months
This is the first of several tests in support of NASAs Mars 2020 mission
Space radiation is quite different and more dangerous than radiation on Earth
The mission will place a stationary lander near Mars' equator
On the rough surface between the dunes, frost is trapped behind small sheltered ridges
NASA's Opportunity rover found rocks at the edge of Endeavour Crater