Elon Musk has revealed SpaceX’s ambitious plan to establish a permanent lunar base, dubbed Lunar Base Alpha, by 2028. Central ...
China’s latest lunar mission has quietly redrawn the map of space power. By bringing home the first rocks ever collected from ...
Sean Duffy, NASA’s interim administrator, proved that the U.S. is serious about establishing a lunar base when he announced the deployment of a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030. The ...
TL;DR: NASA is accelerating plans to develop a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor for the Moon by 2030, aiming to provide sustainable, round-the-clock power for its Artemis lunar base. This move intensifies ...
In 1963, NASA and General Motors built MOLAB, a massive pressurized rover meant to support two-week traverses and the first ...
In a bold, strategic move for the U.S., acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced plans on Aug. 5, 2025, to build a nuclear fission reactor for deployment on the lunar surface in 2030. Doing so ...
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Could NASA Put Nuclear Power on the Moon? It’s Not That Crazy

Sustainable nuclear power, and an internet connection from the moon to Earth, are vital precursor components to a permanent lunar settlement.
Japanese scientists say they've identified the perfect place on the moon to build a lunar base. They released a photo of what appears to be a large crater in the Marius Hills region of the moon's ...