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

As able as he is, the situation cries out for a permanent NASA administrator, someone with the respect of both President ...

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

NASA plans to install a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030, marking a new space race with China for lunar resources.

This is about space exploration. This is about this next phase,” Duffy, interim NASA administrator and ‘The Real World’ alum, ...

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 Trump administration is pushing efforts to place a nuclear reactor on the moon to power a future human base. A newly ...

According to a recent directive from acting administrator Sean Duffy, the space agency will launch a nuclear reactor to the moon by 2030.

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

NASA has been working behind the scenes for years to develop compact nuclear power systems designed to support lunar bases, ...

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

Nuclear power in space isn't a new idea. Since the 1960s, the US and the Soviet Union have relied on radioisotope generators ...