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NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon—a space lawyer explains why
In April 2025, China reportedly unveiled plans to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon by 2035. This plant would support its planned international lunar research station. The United States countered in August, when acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy reportedly suggested a US reactor would be operational on the Moon by 2030.
Nasa is racing to build a nuclear reactor on moon by 2030; here’s the reason
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) is expected to fast-track plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030. The reactor is said to be part of the country’s broader ambitions to set up a permanent base for humans to live on the lunar surface.
Of the 24 Nasa astronauts who travelled to the Moon in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s, just six remain.
Trying to get a nuclear reactor on the surface of the moon is going to take time – maybe much longer more than NASA wants.
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Jim Lovell, commander of NASA's Apollo 13 moon mission, dies at 97NASA astronaut Jim Lovell — a veteran of four spaceflights, including Apollo 8 and the near-disastrous Apollo 13 —passed away ...
Similar moves by China and Russia may have pushed NASA to accelerate its plans under the terms of the Artemis Accords.
As of Monday, Aug. 11, the moon phase is Waning Gibbous, and it is 94% lit up to us on Earth, according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation.
The Perseids meteor shower is the most popular one of the year. The meteors during this time are characterized by bright fireballs and long "wakes," the streak of light and color that follow behind.
August’s full sturgeon moon is peaking this weekend, accompanied by meteor showers and shining planets. Here’s how to see the ...
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