Nasa is building floating space base that will orbit the Moon – and send astronauts to Mars

NASA has announced that it’s partnering with the European Space Agency (ESA) to create a floating Moon base for astronauts. The base will be known as the ‘Gateway’ and aims to ...
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NASA aims to deploy a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030

NASA is no longer talking about lunar power in abstract terms. The agency has set a concrete goal to deploy a working nuclear reactor on the Moon by around 2030, turning a long‑imagined concept into a ...
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NASA and DOE team up to build nuclear reactor for permanent moon base

The United States is moving from concept art to hardware in its push for a permanent foothold on the Moon, and nuclear power is at the center of that strategy. NASA and the Department of Energy are ...