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

Michelle L.D. Hanlon, University of Mississippi The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, ...

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

In April 2025, China reportedly unveiled plans to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon by 2035. This plant would support ...

Nuclear reactors in space may sound like something out of science fiction, but they are likely to prove important for ...

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

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

Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison uncovered a critical flaw in how lunar and Martian rovers are tested on Earth. Simulations revealed that test results have been misleading for ...

NASA issued a request for proposals for advanced communications and navigation systems for future missions to the Moon and Mars.

NASA just tested a new nuclear fuel that could outlive plutonium and power deep space missions for decades.

Planned moon and Mars missions require timely communications and navigation systems, which is prompting NASA officials to request ideas via proposals from U.S. firms.