Under Trump, NASA is accelerating a push to put a reactor on the moon, ahead of China and Russia. The plan could involve a ...

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

The rivalry of the superpowers in space is entering a new phase, in which energy independence beyond Earth plays a key role.

The Superpowers of world politics, the United States of America (USA), China, and Russia, are in a race already generating trepidation because of its ...

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

Even with the Trump administration slashing NASA’s budget and workforce, the space agency is moving ahead with a bold plan to ...

NASA has set a 2030 deadline to build a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the moon. It’s an ambitious but potentially ...

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

The United States is rushing to put nuclear power reactors on the moon and Mars, and hopes to launch the first system by the ...

Nuclear power on the moon is critical to the United States' space exploration and national security goals, acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said.

To the moon, Alice!” That was how fictional television character Ralph Kramden used to threaten his wife, Alice, on the old “Honeymooners” TV show. He never actually hit her. That wouldn't ...

NASA is accelerating its plans for a nuclear reactor on the moon. For several years now, the agency has been working to get a ...