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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.
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Acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy says the agency will 'move aside' from climate sciences to focus on exploring moon and Mars

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy says it's time for the agency to focus on the moon and Mars, not the "smorgasbord of ...

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 ...
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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 ...

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 ...

Rare ‘Black Moon’ to rise this week: What to know about the phenomenon

Just a few weeks after twin meteor showers passed overhead, there’s another astronomical phenomenon in store for us – a “Black Moon.” ...

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

In their report, Lal and Myers estimate it would cost about $800 million annually for five years to build and deploy a ...
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China's Getting Ready to Land Astronauts on the Moon While NASA Flails Helplessly

Over half a year into Trump's second term, NASA still doesn't have a leader. The space agency is staring down the barrel of ...