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Why on Earth would NASA build a nuclear reactor on the Moon?

"Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon" is not a headline I imagined reading before last week. Sure, as a sci-fi ...

NASA wants US to be the first nation to put nuclear reactor on the moon

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy has directed the agency to fast-track plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon.

Acting NASA chief Sean Duffy to announce plans for building nuclear reactor on the moon

The space agency has previously explored the possibility of installing a electricity-generating nuclear reactor on the lunar ...

NASA Is Getting Fired Up About a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon

Placing an atomic energy source on the lunar surface is “not science fiction,” experts say, but does pose technical ...

WA workers on NASA Artemis moon mission feel pressure, and pride

Forty Washington companies have a hand in NASA's upcoming Artemis II mission to the moon. The space agency visited local ...

NASA launches second phase of moon recycling competition

NASA is launching the second phase of its moon recycling competition to clean up trash in space, including plastics, foams ...

Is U.S. and NASA putting a nuclear reactor on the moon? Here's why and what to know

Is NASA going to put a nuclear reactor on the moon? Here's what Sean Duffy said about U.S. race against China in space and ...

NASA calls for nuclear power plant on the moon in next decade. Here's what we know.

Signed by the current Acting Administrator Sean Duffy, NASA Headquarters released a plan that calls for creating a new position, the Fission Surface Power Program Executive, who would oversee this ...
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NASA plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon. Here's what that means

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

Acting NASA Chief Tells Agency to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon, Before China Does It First

NASA’s acting administrator Sean Duffy is fast-tracking the agency’s plans to build a nuclear reactor on the lunar surface, a ...

NASA Unveils Possible Building Blocks of Life on Saturn’s Moon Titan

Researchers propose that vesicles could form in Titan’s hydrocarbon lakes, hinting at a new pathway for life’s precursors.

NASA intern stole $21M of lunar samples in order to have ‘sex on the moon’

More than 23 years ago, NASA intern Thad Roberts hatched a daring plan to steal 17 pounds of moon rocks and a meteorite from Houston’s Johnson Space Center — priceless samples from every Apollo ...