With NASA’s Artemis II—the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years—successfully completed, attention is now turning to what’s next: establishing an enduring presence on the moon. Through a ...

Oklo Inc. OKLO CEO Jacob DeWitte said Thursday that nuclear energy is the key to humanity’s next leap beyond Earth, telling CNBC’s “The Exchange” that reactors will underpin virtually every ambitious ...

The Trump administration is renewing its focus on creating nuclear power in space, releasing updated guidance for federal agencies following the historic Artemis II lunar mission. The action is aimed ...

The agency wants to fly it to Mars by the end of 2028. Experts say that’s … ambitious. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you ...

The United States wants a nuclear reactor running on the Moon by the end of this decade, and the White House has now stacked three executive actions on top of one another to make it happen. Across a ...

On 14 April 2026, the White House issued National Security and Technology Memorandum-3 (NSTM-3) 1 creating the National Initiative for American Space Nuclear Power (the National Initiative). The ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— Launch nuclear reactors to orbit as soon as 2028 and to the Moon as soon as 2030—that’s the White House’s new order to the Pentagon and NASA. The six-page policy memo released ...

The mission, called Space Reactor 1 Freedom, will test advanced nuclear electric propulsion. Upon reaching Mars, the spacecraft would deploy helicopters to explore the planet from the air. This ...

OSTP Director Michael Kratsios (left) and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman at the 41st Space Symposium April 14. Credit: Space Foundation COLORADO SPRINGS — The White House released a policy April 14 ...

The White House has announced that NASA will work with the Departments of Defense and Energy to put nuclear reactors in orbit and on the surface of the moon. Having demonstrated that it has the ...