On Wednesday's "CBS Morning Plus," anchor Vladimir Duthiers was sent into orbit during a discussion that included the Trump administration's plans to win "the second space race" by putting a ...

We’re in a race to the moon, in a race with China to the moon,” Sean Duffy declared at a recent news conference, underscoring the urgency behind NASA’s newly accelerated directive: to deploy a nuclear ...

Although it has long triggered fears of meltdowns and radioactive waste, nuclear power is considered an 'extremely safe,' ...

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

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

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 acting administrator of NASA, Sean Duffy, wants a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030. His directive says the first ...

According to a recent directive from acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy, the space agency will launch a nuclear reactor to the moon by 2030.

The plan appears to be Duffy’s first major directive since being selected by Trump to lead NASA on an interim basis in early ...

July 31, 2025 Officials-in-Charge of Headquarters Offices Directors, NASA Centers FROM: Acting Administrator NASA SUBJECT: ...

Like Like Love Haha Wow Sad Angry NASA’s interim administrator, Sean Duffy, wants to place a nuclear reactor on the moon ...

Duffy went further than simply saying he wants the United States to beat China to the moon, however. The acting NASA chief ...