President Donald Trump signs the 'Ensuring American Space Superiority' order, mandating nuclear reactors in space and a 2030 ...

NASA is no longer talking about lunar power in abstract terms. The agency has set a concrete goal to deploy a working nuclear reactor on the Moon by around 2030, turning a long‑imagined concept into a ...

The race to plug a nuclear reactor into the lunar regolith is no longer a thought experiment. The United States, China and ...

The new head of NASA wants to get nuclear power on the moon before China does, which could mean another Florida launch with radioactive material. One of the first directives for acting NASA ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

With the turmoil at NASA over severe budget cuts, it's easy to forget the space agency is trying to return astronauts to the Moon and get there before America's geopolitical rivals. Transportation ...

"Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon" is not a headline I imagined reading before last week. Sure, as a sci-fi loving nerd, I could see a future where nuclear power played a role in ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Michelle L.D. Hanlon, University of Mississippi (THE CONVERSATION) The first space ...

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A new program at the Department of Energy is pushing the development of nearly a dozen new reactor designs at breakneck speed ...