Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An AI generated illustrative image of a nuclear power plant on the surface of the Moon, with the Earth seen in the background.

A new memorandum has firmed up China and Russia's intent to lead the construction of a new lunar base to be completed by 2036, as NASA talks about scaling back its own lunar ambitions. When you ...

Russian and Chinese engineers aim to use robotic systems to autonomously deliver, install, and operate a nuclear reactor that will be used to power the ILRS lunar facility. As all eyes were fixated on ...

The Moon has always held a certain mystery, especially its far side, hidden from Earth’s view. While telescopes and astronauts have revealed much about its surface, recent research has uncovered ...

NASA’s interim chief Sean Duffy has made deploying a nuclear reactor on the Moon his top priority, framing the effort as a "second space race". Washington hopes to beat Beijing and Moscow to powering ...

China plans to build a nuclear power plant on the moon to fuel a research station it intends to open with Russia there, a senior official confirmed. No Chinese astronaut has ever set foot on the moon ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Roscosmos, Russia’s state space corporation, signed a deal with aerospace manufacturer Lavochkin Association to construct the ...

Russia plans to build a power plant on the moon within the next decade to support its lunar ambitions and a joint research base with China, as major world powers intensify efforts to establish a ...

Russia plans a power plant on the moon Plant will power joint Russian-Chinese research U.S. also plans a nuclear reactor on the moon MOSCOW, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Russia plans to put a nuclear power ...