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

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the U.S. Department of Energy have announced a commitment to develop a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030. The lunar surface reactor relies on ...

NASA is no longer talking about lunar power in abstract terms. The agency has set a concrete goal to deploy a working nuclear reactor on the Moon by around 2030, turning a long‑imagined concept into a ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

The United States and private space companies are advancing ambitious lunar and deep-space programs centered on nuclear power systems. Nuclear technologies, including radioisotope systems and fission ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The Department of Energy and NASA have announced that they are renewing their commitment to put a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030. The DOE and NASA announced Tuesday that ...

NASA and the Department of Energy have officially embarked on an ambitious goal to plant a nuclear reactor on the Moon's surface by 2030, which when completed, will have enough output to power ...

Astroport Space Technologies is developing construction tools for use with Venturi Astrolab’s self-driving rovers to build ...

Antares Nuclear, a Redondo Beach-based nuclear power startup, is building modular and transportable nuclear reactors that are meant to power hard-to-reach ...

Energy is fundamentally important — researchers have linked a lack of reliable energy to poor physical health, poor mental health and higher mortality rates. But when astronauts push the boundaries of ...