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

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

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy has directed the agency to fast-track plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon.

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

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

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

The acceleration of nuclear development is part of the Trump administration’s efforts to focus NASA on human spaceflight. A ...

Interim NASA Administrator Sean Duffy says his plan to put a nuclear reactor on the moon is part of his plain to "get there ...

Nuclear power on the moon is critical to the United States' space exploration and national security goals, and the U.S.

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

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

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 ...