The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power.

As nations plan to build nuclear reactors on the Moon, infrastructure becomes a source of influence in space. The US and ...

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

NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon. An expert explains why this is not as an arms race but a strategic ...

Although it has long triggered fears of meltdowns and radioactive waste, nuclear power is considered an 'extremely safe,' zero-emission power source.

A base on the moon would be more democratic than those that Musk and his acolytes have advocated building on Mars. Given ...

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

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

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

While nuclear reactors have been around on Earth for over 70 years, placing them on the moon would be unprecedented. NASA’s acting administrator, Sean Duffy, is aiming to do the undone: a reactor ...

NASA has set a 2030 deadline to build a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the moon. It’s an ambitious but potentially ...