NASA wants to put a nuclear power plant on the moon in the next decade and eventually Mars. Signed by the current Acting Administrator Sean Duffy, NASA Headquarters released a plan that calls for ...

The United States flew a reactor in space in the 1960s and has studied nuclear thermal propulsion for decades. Fuel is not the primary limitation either; the enriched uranium supply chain is ...

As preparations continue in Florida for the launch of the Artemis II mission as soon as next week, NASA announced a partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a new power source for ...

NASA announced the availability of Athena, its most powerful and efficient supercomputer to date. The agency installed the system at its Modular Supercomputing ...

The United States is no longer content with brief lunar visits powered by batteries and solar panels. NASA is now betting on nuclear fission to turn the Moon from a destination into a permanently ...

NASA is developing nuclear power on the moon. According to a recent directive from acting administrator Sean Duffy, the space agency will launch a nuclear reactor to the moon by 2030. SEAN DUFFY: ...

Ascent Solar Technologies announced its collaboration with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and Glenn Research Center to enhance capabilities for receiving beamed power using its CIGS photovoltaic ...

NASA strives to understand the universe, whether that be the stars above us or Earth around us. One way NASA focuses on the Earth is through satellite, ground, and airborne Earth observations and ...

Ascent Solar Technologies (NASDAQ:ASTI), the maker of featherweight, flexible and durable CIGS thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solutions, is one step closer to powering the spacecraft of tomorrow, ...

Five years ago, in 2021, American space agency NASA announced it is working on yet another project that doesn’t involve, well, space: the Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC). Since then, NASA’s ...