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

A legendary astronaut who commanded the almost doomed Apollo 13 lunar mission has passed away at the age of 97. Jim Lovell ...

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

Nicknamed "Smilin’ Jim” by his fellow astronauts, Jim Lovell was known for his wit and quick grin, said acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy.

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

The world bids farewell to a space exploration icon, as famed Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell has passed away at the age of 97.

Lovell, who died Aug. 7 at age 97, is best known for captaining the Apollo 13 mission safely back to earth after a devastating onboard explosion, saving his own life, his crew and perhaps America's ...

The Apollo 8 commander’s reading of the Scriptures reached a worldwide audience at the dawn of humanity’s journey to the moon ...

Jim Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13, died Thursday at the age of 97, NASA announced on Friday. Lovell, who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering as ...

Lake Forest, Illinois, according to NASA. Lovell was 97. He served as the command module pilot for the Apollo 8 mission to the moon and, along with his crew, became the first to lift off on a Saturn V ...

NASA is accelerating its plans to establish a nuclear reactor on the Moon by the end of the decade to power lunar bases and gain an advantage in the new space race against Russia and China.

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. The United States ...