Under Trump, NASA is accelerating a push to put a reactor on the moon, ahead of China and Russia. The plan could involve a “keep-out zone” on the lunar surface.

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

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 ...

Duffy went further than simply saying he wants the United States to beat China to the moon, however. The acting NASA chief ...

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

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

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

NASA is accelerating its plans for a nuclear reactor on the moon. For several years now, the agency has been working to get a ...