The China Manned Space Agency announced that its manned lunar lander—named Lanyue, which means embracing the ...

NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $176.7 million contract to deliver a pair of rovers and three scientific instruments to ...

NASA's Stereo Cameras for Lunar-Plume Surface Studies (SCALPSS) captured the landing of Firefly's Blue Ghost landing on the ...

Nuclear reactors in space may sound like something out of science fiction, but they are likely to prove important for ...

Nuclear power in space isn't a new idea. Since the 1960s, the US and the Soviet Union have relied on radioisotope generators ...

The United States is rushing to put nuclear power reactors on the moon and Mars, and hopes to launch the first system by the ...

While nuclear reactors have been around on Earth for over 70 years, placing them on the moon would be unprecedented. NASA’s acting administrator, Sean Duffy, is aiming to do the undone: a reactor ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has captured the clearest image of the Red Planet since its mission began five years ago. The ...

Sean Duffy wants to fast-track putting a 100kw nuclear reactor on the moon, according to a directive he sent out Thursday. It ...

NASA has been working behind the scenes for years to develop compact nuclear power systems designed to support lunar bases, ...

Firefly Aerospace made history in March as the first commercial firm to land a spacecraft upright on the moon. Now, the ...