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.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, the interim NASA administrator, proclaimed that the U.S. needs to ‘get our act together’ ...

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

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

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

NASA has set a 2030 deadline to build a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the moon. It’s an ambitious but potentially ...

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

The United States wants to put a nuclear reactor on the moon in the next ten years, according to a NASA directive obtained by ...

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

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

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