Nowadays, it's a trend for deep-space explorers / spaceships to use nuclear electronic-generator for their electronic sources.
For example, RTG(Radiosotopr Thermoelectric Generator) have flown 27 space missions by NASA, mainly used on deep-space explorers.
The RTGs for the Pioneer 10 spacecraft...
Just saw this on the news...
During Spaceship 2's final test flight over the Mojave desert, there was a catastrophic failure.
According to the early reports, of the two crew members, there is one fatality and one seriously injured.
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Crashes: 1 Dead, 1...