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NASA spacecraft snaps photo of Earth from across the solar system

The new image, which shows Earth along with an even smaller point of light coming from the moon, harkens back to Carl Sagan's ...
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NASA moon reactor directive, X-37B mission and Cargo Dragon launch | Space Beat

NASA's received marching orders to develop and build a nuclear reactor on the moon by the mid-2030s. The reason? The ...

Where on the moon NASA places its nuclear reactor isn’t simple

In a bold, strategic move for the U.S., acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced plans on August 5 to build a nuclear fission reactor for deployment on the lunar surface in 2030. Doing so would ...

Trippy Image From Deep Space Shows Earth and Moon From 180 Million Miles Away

The Psyche spacecraft is on a six-year journey to reach a metal-rich asteroid by the same name. Well into its voyage, the probe looked back at its home planet and captured a rare view of Earth, ...

NASA wants US to be the first nation to put nuclear reactor on the moon

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy has directed the agency to fast-track plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon.

A 'black moon' will appear in the sky this weekend, but you won't see it. Here's why

The "black moon," a rare phenomenon that occurs during a new moon phase of the lunar cycle, will occur this weekend. But don't get your hopes up too much, scientists say, because it will be ...
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Acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy says the agency will 'move aside' from climate sciences to focus on exploring moon and Mars

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy says it's time for the agency to focus on the moon and Mars, not the "smorgasbord of ...

Washington-made rockets taking NASA to the moon for the first time in half a century

NASA’s Artemis campaign is a bold series of missions to take humans back to the moon, and those astronauts will get there ...

Why on Earth would NASA build a nuclear reactor on the Moon?

In their report, Lal and Myers estimate it would cost about $800 million annually for five years to build and deploy a ...
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South Korea's K-RadCube radiation satellite will hitch a ride on NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission

South Korea's KASA is just one international space agency that will fly cubesats on the mission; Germany's DLR will also ...