Michelle L.D. Hanlon, University of Mississippi The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, ...

Denver's mayor and the airport CEO announced a $1.25 million feasibility study to see if the nuclear option is viable for ...

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

A base on the moon would be more democratic than those that Musk and his acolytes have advocated building on Mars. Given ...

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

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

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

Facing a new space race with China and Russia, NASA is fast-tracking lunar nuclear power development and commercial space ...

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 ...

Planned for 2035, the nuclear reactor would power research and exploration of the moon's south pole as part of the the International Lunar Research Station project.

China aims to have its astronauts on the moon by 2030 to help build the research station. The United States also has plans to build a lunar base with a nuclear power plant. Nasa and the US ...