The latest blueprint for a permanent outpost on the Moon is not just about planting more flags in gray dust. It sketches a tightly coupled system of rockets, reactors, data centers, and ...

The China National Space Administration and Roscosmos have signed a formal agreement to jointly construct a permanent scientific base on the moon, marking the most ambitious lunar infrastructure ...

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A little more than a year after dismissing the moon as a “distraction,” Elon Musk says SpaceX will focus on lunar settlement before sending humans to Mars.

In a bold, strategic move for the U.S., acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced plans on Aug. 5, 2025, to build a nuclear fission reactor for deployment on the lunar surface in 2030. Doing so ...

Sandia National Laboratories is well-known for designing reliable and resilient microgrids for military bases and vital city services. Now, Sandia researchers are working with NASA to design one for ...

Last year, Musk said "the moon is a distraction." Now, he's talking about building a city there. The shift may be more ...

With today's inauguration, President Donald Trump is back in charge of the Artemis program. NASA's 21st-century moon program began during Trump's first term but has been plagued with developmental ...

Can a future base on the Moon being constructed using only lunar resources like lunar regolith? This is what a recent review paper published in Progress in Aerospace Sciences hopes to address as a ...