A new NASA directive to accelerate development of a nuclear reactor for the moon has is aggressive but achievable, industry ...

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

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

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

NASA announced plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon on Tuesday, in an attempt to stay ahead of China and Russia in a ...

Sean Duffy wants to fast-track putting a 100kw nuclear reactor on the moon, according to a directive he sent out Thursday. It ...

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

NASA's interim leader Sean Duffy recently declared the U.S. space agency aims to place a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 to provide energy for an eventual lunar outpost. Duffy ...

NASA is accelerating its plans to establish a nuclear reactor on the Moon by the end of the decade to power lunar bases and gain an advantage in the new space race against Russia and China.

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

Prototype NASA 1kW Kilopower nuclear reactor for use in space and on planetary surfaces. Credit: NASA Glenn Research Center ...

The International Space Station will fly over the eastern United States and parts of Canada just after sunset on Thursday evening, an easy-to-see event for millions of residents across the region.