For decades, Americans speculated about the Soviet moon program, but no one had grasped just how close they had come to putting a man on the moon until late 1991, when suddenly the USSR collapsed. As ...

Fast-tracking a Nasa plan to build a nuclear reactor on the moon may sound dubious. Experts say that’s because it is. “The whole proposal is cock-eyed and runs against the sound management of a space ...

BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) is riding a wave of surging demand for naval nuclear power systems and next-generation reactors, ...

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said the U.S. needs to move fast if it wants a power plant on the moon before China.

NASA is expediting plans to deploy a 100kW nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030, aiming to power future lunar bases and ...

The high ground has always held strategic and tactical importance—from mountaintops in ancient battles to the orbital vantage ...

Under Trump, NASA is accelerating a push to put a reactor on the moon, ahead of China and Russia. The plan could involve a ...

Thirteen years into its mission, Curiosity is smarter and more efficient than ever. New multitasking abilities, self-managed naps, and clever engineering fixes are keeping it powered and mobile as it ...

Chris Bryan will give a talk to Friends of ORNL on Tuesday, Aug. 12, on 60 years of scientific highlights in the reactor’s history, plans for upgrades ...

The mission is known as KF-02 (Kuiper Falcon 2) and is set to liftoff no earlier than 10:01 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. SpaceX has a 27-minute ...

In this week's Current Climate newsletter, correcting presidential misinformation on water; the Moon is going nuclear; Ford ...

Currently, there are no SMRs in operation; however, NuScale Power and Oklo are two companies at the forefront of developing ...