A Nasa artist concept of a new fission power system on the moon. Credit: NASA Nasa is in a race to put a nuclear reactor on the moon to power its lunar exploration. The space agency had been working ...

At the U.S. Army National Guard's High-Altitude Army Aviation Training Site (HAATS) in Gypsum, Colorado, astronauts are ...

A roar of triumph swept across mission control in Bengaluru as Chandrayaan-3′s lander gently touched the lunar surface last Wednesday. “India is on the moon,” said a smiling and obviously relieved S ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The first space race was about flags and footprints.

The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power. While it might feel like a ...

Mississippi, Aug 11 (The Conversation) The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on ...

In the years of the Cold War, the US and the Soviet Union tussled to prove their superiority by rushing to become the first nation to put a man on the moon. While America might have claimed that ...

Michelle L.D. Hanlon is affiliated with For All Moonkind, Inc. a 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on protecting cultural heritage in outer space. The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, ...