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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who is temporarily leading NASA, said on Monday that Elon Musk‘s aerospace firm, SpaceX ...

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 ...

Japanese scientists say they've identified the perfect place on the moon to build a lunar base. They released a photo of what appears to be a large crater in the Marius Hills region of the moon's ...

The SpaceX founder has been showing off a number of his plans for the future today. In addition to releasing a video announcing his BFR Earth-to-Earth ...

Recently, NASA held a presentation announcing the second round of Human Landing System selections to develop a second lunar lander to supplement the SpaceX Lunar Starship to take astronauts from lunar ...

The United States is opening up the contract for the Artemis 3 lunar mission to other companies after NASA administrator Sean ...

Project Horizon was a Cold War idea for creating a nuclear-powered lunar outpost, staffed with heavily armed soldiers, by the mid-1960s. By Nicholas Slayton Published Oct 28, 2024 7:00 AM EDT In the ...

Chinese researchers are investigating the feasibility of having astronauts construct a base inside lava tubes under the lunar surface, an exciting prospect that could one day allow astronauts to ...

Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket blew up while the company was testing the spacecraft Sept. 29 at its Texas facility.