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South Korea's K-RadCube radiation satellite will hitch a ride on NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission

South Korea's KASA is just one international space agency that will fly cubesats on the mission; Germany's DLR will also ...

NASA's Psyche captures images of Earth and moon

Headed for a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, the Psyche spacecraft successfully calibrated its cameras by looking ...

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.

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 ...

NASA wants to put a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030. Choosing where is tricky

In a bold, strategic move for the U.S., acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced plans on Aug. 5, 2025, to build a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Washington-made rockets taking NASA to the moon for the first time in half a century

NASA’s Artemis campaign is a bold series of missions to take humans back to the moon, and those astronauts will get there ...