NASA plans to prioritize the fission reactor as power necessary to extract and refine lunar resources.

The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The first space race was about flags ...

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

In April 2025, China reportedly unveiled plans to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon by 2035. This plant would support its planned international lunar research station.

NASA has set a 2030 deadline to build a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the moon. It’s an ambitious but potentially achievable goal that could transform space exploration, experts tell WIRED.

Taking no chances, SpaceX called off an attempt to launch its huge Super Heavy-Starship rocket after running into problems ...

South Korea also wants to be in the space race, and even plans for a presence beyond Earth’s orbit, with ambitions to create its own lunar base within 20 years.

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