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.

NASA would instead procure commercial launches and commercial spacecraft to ferry astronauts between the Earth and the Moon, while focusing the agency's long-term gaze toward Mars. CYA EUS?

Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison uncovered a critical flaw in how lunar and Martian rovers are tested on Earth. Simulations revealed that test results have been misleading for ...

The moon has no atmosphere, so the debris from the event could be widespread on the lunar surface, he added. On average, the moon is 238,855 miles away from Earth, according to NASA.

NASA will now target April 2026 for Artemis II, the first crewed Artemis mission around the moon, and mid-2027 for Artemis III, which is planned to land the first astronauts near the lunar South Pole.