Russia plans to build a power plant on the moon within the next decade to support its lunar ambitions and a joint research base with China, as major world powers intensify efforts to establish a ...

Russia plans to put a nuclear power plant on the moon in the next decade to supply its lunar space programme and a joint ...

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order outlining plans to return astronauts to the Moon by 2028, build a nuclear ...

This means that the lunar regolith could still hold a very long-term record of Earth's atmospheric history, which in turn ...

Building a base on the Moon is not about planting a flag anymore. It is about picking the one location that gives humans the ...

Engineers need good data to build lasting things. Even the designers of the Great Pyramids knew the limestone they used to ...

The policy is light on language regarding security issues — with the most specific provision reiterating Trump's Golden Dome push for a comprehensive air and missile defense shield.

Building the first Moon base will rely on a mix of robotic construction, 3D-printed lunar materials, and modular habitats launched from Earth. NASA and international partners expect autonomous ...

President Donald Trump enshrined the U.S. goal to put humans back on the moon by 2028 and defend space from weapon threats in ...

For future Moon missions, South Korean scientists created a small rover with a special wheel that can expand and contract like kinetic art.

Update (Dec. 5, 10:30 a.m. ET): December's full 'Cold Supermoon' reached peak fullness on Thursday (Dec. 4) just after 6:00 p.m. EST. However, it's not too late to enjoy the highest (and one of the ...

Before me is an expansive, arid landscape—a realm of valleys, chasms, and crevasses, of steep cliffs and dusty soil, framed by distant mountains. It might as well be on the moon itself, save for the ...