Building Nuclear Power in the U.S. Is Tough. NASA Wants to Do It on the Moon.

So do China and Russia. Here’s what you need to know about America’s new lunar-energy race ...

In a race back to the moon, U.S. and China see a fast-approaching finish line

The U.S. and China are in a sprint toward manned missions to the lunar surface by the end of this decade, with sights on 2029 ...

Moon Helium Deal Is the Biggest Space Resource Grab Yet

Quantum cryogenics manufacturer Bluefors is betting big on Interlune, a startup that aims to extract Helium-3 from the lunar ...

U.S. Is Losing Race to Return to Moon, Critics Say, Pointing at SpaceX

The company’s Starship rocket, which has suffered a series of recent test explosions, is still years away from being ready ...
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NASA revives VIPER lunar rover mission with Blue Origin lander award

NASA has revived a robotic lunar rover mission by selecting Blue Origin to deliver it to the moon’s south pole in 2027.

NASA selects Blue Origin to take the once-canceled VIPER rover to the moon

NASA’s task order is worth up to $190 million for what would be the Jeff Bezos-owned company's second Commercial Lunar ...

NASA puts in an order with Blue Origin to work on sending VIPER rover to moon’s south pole

NASA has selected Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture to help it resurrect a mission to send a robotic prospector called ...
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VIPER lives! Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will land ice-hunting NASA rover on the moon in 2027

VIPER was originally supposed to land on the moon in late 2023 aboard Griffin, a lander built by Pittsburgh-based company ...

Cleveland NASA center spearheads lunar nuclear power race against China

NASA Glenn is leading America's urgent push to beat China in establishing the first lunar power plant by 2030, with ...
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Not water, but something stranger — NASA announces a historic Solar System find

NASA unveiled a new discovery inside our solar system. We had only seen these big lakes filled with water on Earth - but this ...
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Animation From Spacecraft Data: Fly Over A Mountain And Lava Lake On Jupiter's Moon Lo

NASA Juno spacecraft data has been used to create an animation of "Steeple Mountain" and a lava lake known as Loki Patera on Jupiter's moon Io. Credit: Space.com | NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS | edited ...

NASA flies extremely close by volcano world, captures wild footage

A NASA spacecraft survived extreme radiation and captured rich images of the most volcanic world in our solar system, the tortured moon Io.