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

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

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

A lunar nuclear reactor may sound dramatic, but its neither illegal nor unprecedented. But it does raise critical questions ...

NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer, a mission designed to create high-resolution maps of water on the Moon, ended after losing contact with the spacecraft just one day after its February 26 launch. Despite ...

Lunar Trailblazer was set to map the Moon’s water in unprecedented detail but was lost after a communications failure soon ...

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

Learn how to watch the 2025 Perseids meteor shower at its peak, with NASA’s tips for seeing more meteors even under a bright full moon ...

Blue Ghost mission made history with the first successful U.S. commercial lunar landing. Now, with new contracts and bigger goals, they’re aiming for the Moon’s south pole - a critical step toward ...

According to a recent directive from acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy, the space agency will launch a nuclear reactor to the moon by 2030.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched the IM-2 moon mission from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mission is to send the IM-2's lunar lander to the moon in ...