Ultimately, Artemis reflects NASA's moon-to-Mars approach to getting the first humans to the Red Planet. The lunar settlement – which includes plans for a nuclear reactor – would serve as a base of ...

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 ...

Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday announced 18 astronauts chosen for possible participation in planned NASA missions to return to the moon's surface during the final U.S. space policy meeting ...

Apart from the geopolitical importance, there are other reasons why this move is critically important. A source of nuclear energy will be necessary for visiting Mars, because solar energy is weaker ...

With the turmoil at NASA over severe budget cuts, it's easy to forget the space agency is trying to return astronauts to the Moon and get there before America's geopolitical rivals. Transportation ...

Local researchers are developing nuclear power, propulsion systems, and medical technology for NASA's ambitious plans to ...

“We’re behind, right? … We have to marshal all of our resources, all of our focus on going to the moon, which is what we’re going to do,” he said during a Department of Transportation press conference ...

STORY: NASA will send four astronauts on a ten-day voyage around the moon in 2026 - the latest step in a mission to land humans on the lunar surface for the first time in more than five decades. :: ...

When NASA astronauts return to the moon in 2024, they'll need a lunar base that allows them to stay on the surface. And the astronauts may build their base using something readily available: their ...

Calls for the US to land astronauts back on the moon before China have been increasingly loud and frequent. But it all hinges on SpaceX’s Starship.