"For our manned space missions, we must ensure that astronauts land on the lunar surface very comfortably and smoothly." ...

China conducted its first test on Wednesday of a lunar lander that it hopes will put the first Chinese on the moon before ...

Chinese researchers found a rare crystal, Changesite-(Y), on the Moon. It contains helium-3, a key ingredient for nuclear ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon before China and Russia.

The Trump administration wants a nuclear reactor on the moon by the end of the decade in a bid to beat Russia and China to ...

NASA’s acting administrator Sean Duffy is fast-tracking the agency’s plans to build a nuclear reactor on the lunar surface, a ...

Is NASA going to put a nuclear reactor on the moon? Here's what Sean Duffy said about U.S. race against China in space and ...

Carbon and natural graphene have been found in lunar dust for the first time, opening up new opportunities for moon ...

"We're in a race to the Moon, in a race with China to the Moon. And to have a base on the Moon, we need energy," Duffy told ...

While nuclear reactors have been around on Earth for over 70 years, placing them on the moon would be unprecedented. NASA’s acting administrator, Sean Duffy, is aiming to do the undone: a reactor ...

Duffy went further than simply saying he wants the United States to beat China to the moon, however. The acting NASA chief ...

China has said it will land astronauts on the moon by 2030, while NASA is targeting a landing in 2027, though this has already been delayed.