No great endeavor ever undertaken since the beginning of civilization has not had people saying it can’t or shouldn’t be done ...

In their report, Lal and Myers estimate it would cost about $800 million annually for five years to build and deploy a ...

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

As humans travel out into the solar system, learning to use the local resources is critical for sustaining life off Earth, starting at the nearby Moon. NASA plans to prioritize the fission reactor as ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Trump administration is pushing efforts to place a nuclear reactor on the moon to power a future human base. A newly ...

Facing a new space race with China and Russia, NASA is fast-tracking lunar nuclear power development and commercial space ...

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy has directed the agency to fast-track plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon.

Trying to get a nuclear reactor on the surface of the moon is going to take time – maybe much longer more than NASA wants.