The Moon’s rotation isn’t much help here for generating a day/night cycle: It only rotates once for every 29.5 Earth days. Moon days are weeks long, followed by nights on the same timescale.

The new timeline will be announced by interim NASA administrator Sean Duffy, according to a report citing internal documents.

A nuclear reactor on the Moon is no longer science fiction. Under the bold leadership of Sean Duffy, NASA is fast-tracking ...