Under Trump, NASA is accelerating a push to put a reactor on the moon, ahead of China and Russia. The plan could involve a “keep-out zone” on the lunar surface.

However, there are still concerns about whether NASA can meet its timeline, especially after recent deep budget cuts. Some ...

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

Duffy went further than simply saying he wants the United States to beat China to the moon, however. The acting NASA chief ...

Placing an atomic energy source on the lunar surface is “not science fiction,” experts say, but does pose technical ...

Even with the Trump administration slashing NASA’s budget and workforce, the space agency is moving ahead with a bold plan to ...

The United States wants to put a nuclear reactor on the moon in the next ten years, according to a NASA directive obtained by ...

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

The acting administrator of NASA, Sean Duffy, wants a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030. His directive says the first ...

The United States is rushing to put nuclear power reactors on the moon and Mars, and hopes to launch the first system by the ...

Nuclear power on the moon is critical to the United States' space exploration and national security goals, acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said.

NASA is accelerating its plans for a nuclear reactor on the moon. For several years now, the agency has been working to get a ...