Of the 24 Nasa astronauts who travelled to the Moon in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s, just six remain.

American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster but became an ...

Nuclear power in space isn't a new idea. Since the 1960s, the US and the Soviet Union have relied on radioisotope generators ...

The reactor would launch to the moon by 2030, according to a directive by acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy that was sent ...

Jim Lovell, one of the first astronauts to orbit the moon and leader of the famed Apollo 13 mission, has died at 97. Acting ...

CHICAGO — James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do ...

NASA is ready to send nuclear reactors to the Moon. The goal is to have a working reactor by 2030. NASA boss Sean Duffy said ...

NASA has been working behind the scenes for years to develop compact nuclear power systems designed to support lunar bases, ...

In April 2025, China reportedly unveiled plans to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon by 2035. This plant would support its planned international lunar research station. The United States ...

The ill-fated mission became the basis for the hit movie Apollo 13, starring Tom Hanks as Lovell. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

NASA is accelerating its plans to establish a nuclear reactor on the Moon by the end of the decade to power lunar bases and gain an advantage in the new space race against Russia and China.