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

Trying to get a nuclear reactor on the surface of the moon is going to take time – maybe much longer more than NASA wants.

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

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

Placing an atomic energy source on the lunar surface is “not science fiction,” experts say, but does pose technical ...

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

The reactor would launch to the moon by 2030, according to a directive by acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy that was sent ...

Under Trump, NASA is accelerating a push to put a reactor on the moon, ahead of China and Russia. The plan could involve a “keep-out zone” on the lunar surface.

The Moon could soon host a nuclear power source. NASA is considering installing a powerful reactor there by 2030. This ...

A new paper from former NASA administrators suggests it is finally time to take nuclear space travel seriously.

Prototype NASA 1kW Kilopower nuclear reactor for use in space and on planetary surfaces. Credit: NASA Glenn Research Center ...

The motive for the shooting remains unclear.Acting NASA administrator says he wants the U.S. to be the first nation to put a nuclear reactor on the moon.