A lunar nuclear reactor may sound dramatic, but its neither illegal nor unprecedented. But it does raise critical questions ...

Nuclear reactors in space may sound like something out of science fiction, but they are likely to prove important for ...

In April 2025, China reportedly unveiled plans to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon by 2035. This plant would support ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, the interim NASA administrator, proclaimed that the U.S. needs to ‘get our act together’ ...

According to NASA's monitoring, the usually strong rate of 60–100 meteors per hour could fall to just 10–20 per hour as the ...

The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, the new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power.

Blue Ghost mission made history with the first successful U.S. commercial lunar landing. Now, with new contracts and bigger goals, they’re aiming for the Moon’s south pole - a critical step toward ...

The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched the IM-2 moon mission from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mission is to send the IM-2's lunar lander to the moon in ...

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) is expected to fast-track plans to build a nuclear reactor on the ...