(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Author: Michelle L.D. Hanlon, University of Mississippi The first space race was about ...

NASA is accelerating its plans for a nuclear reactor on the moon. For several years now, the agency has been working to get a 40-kilowatt fission system ready for launch to the moon by the early 2030s ...

Sean Duffy is preparing to install an American nuclear reactor on the moon before 2030. But with Russia and China targeting 2036 as their completion date, the three superpowers are now locked in a ...

NASA is fast-tracking a plan to build a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030 under a new directive from the agency’s interim administrator Sean Duffy. The plan revives a decades-old dream of scaling up ...

Calls for the United States to return astronauts to the moon before the end of the decade have been increasingly loud and frequent, emanating from bipartisan lawmakers and science advocates alike. But ...

In a preview of their flight, the crew of Artemis II, three Americans and a Canadian, struck a tone that veered away from the political currents of the moment. From left, Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch ...

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. In April 2025, China reportedly ...

Michelle L.D. Hanlon is affiliated with For All Moonkind, Inc. a 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on protecting cultural heritage in outer space. The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, ...