Sean Duffy, NASA’s interim administrator, proved that the U.S. is serious about establishing a lunar base when he announced the deployment of a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030. The ...
With the turmoil at NASA over severe budget cuts, it's easy to forget the space agency is trying to return astronauts to the Moon and get there before America's geopolitical rivals. Transportation ...
Acting Administrator Sean Duffy calls out SpaceX’s Starship for falling 'behind schedule,' and suggesting that Blue Origin ...
Apart from the geopolitical importance, there are other reasons why this move is critically important. A source of nuclear energy will be necessary for visiting Mars, because solar energy is weaker ...
NASA is looking for more ideas for Artemis III lunar landers amid concerns for the progress of SpaceX's Starship megarocket.
Local researchers are developing nuclear power, propulsion systems, and medical technology for NASA's ambitious plans to establish a permanent moon base.
“We’re behind, right? … We have to marshal all of our resources, all of our focus on going to the moon, which is what we’re going to do,” he said during a Department of Transportation press conference ...
Starship, which has launched 11 times in South Texas, was NASA's vehicle of choice to land astronauts on the moon. Now the ...