In a bold, strategic move for the U.S., acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced plans on August 5 to build a nuclear fission reactor for deployment on the lunar surface in 2030. Doing so would ...

This week on Space Beat, Rob and Space reporter Brooke Edwards discuss the NASA directive to put a nuclear reactor on the moon by the mid-2030s.

The tragedy we face is not the challenge posed by Chinese space exploration, but the potential that we will not even try to meet it.

Outer space has emerged as the world's next battlefield, demonstrated by recent cyberattacks on satellites blamed on Russia.

The U.S. wants to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030, but the first challenge is finding an ideal spot.

In a bold, strategic move for the U.S., acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced plans on Aug. 5, 2025, to build a ...

That statement means if one country places a nuclear reactor on the Moon, others must navigate around it, legally and ...

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No great endeavor ever undertaken since the beginning of civilization has not had people saying it can’t or shouldn’t be done ...

NASA is seeking feedback from the space industry for a fission surface power system that can generate 100 kilowatts of ...

In their report, Lal and Myers estimate it would cost about $800 million annually for five years to build and deploy a ...

First, worldwide demand for power is projected to soar in coming years -- as much as 18% by 2050, according to McKinsey -- ...