NASA plans to prioritize the fission reactor as power necessary to extract and refine lunar resources.

The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The first space race was about flags ...

The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power.

Sean Duffy, serving as interim NASA administrator, reportedly plans to direct the agency to develop a nuclear reactor for ...

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

Taking no chances, SpaceX called off an attempt to launch its huge Super Heavy-Starship rocket after running into problems ...

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.

Opinion NASA to build nuclear reactor on the Moon – a space lawyer explains what the law has to say | The Conversation Published: Aug. 10, 2025, 10:21 a.m.