China's Chang'e-5 mission brought back some moon rock and dust samples back in 2020, the same year when the China National Space Administration (CNSA) launched…
Pic When space junk crashed into the Moon earlier this year, it made not one but two craters on the lunar surface, judging from images revealed by NASA on Friday.
Astronomers predicted a mysterious…
NASA wants to build and transport a nuclear reactor to the Moon, which would power a sustained human presence for at least 10 years. To that end, the space agency has chosen three companies to…
Artistic concept of a new fission energy system on the lunar surface.(NASA)Electricity has revolutionized the world like nothing ever before, and it is impossible for mankind to imagine life without…
Over the next fifteen years, several space agencies and their commercial partners plan to undertake manned missions to the moon and Mars. In addition to placing “footprints and flags” on these…
NASA just officially committed 10 years and countless billions in funding to help make a simple dream come true: Beat China.
On paper, the real purpose of the mission is likely to be something like…
BOISE, Idaho - If anyone has a good idea how to put a nuclear fission power plant on the moon, the US government wants to hear about it.
NASA and the country's leading state nuclear research…
NASA wants to build a nuclear power plant on the moon and is now looking for ways to start. The space agency said it was open to possible proposals to build…
This November 29, 2018 file photo shows the exterior of the Transient Reactor Test Facility at Idaho National Laboratory, approximately 50 miles west of…