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NASA Lunar Reactor Directive
July 31, 2025 Officials-in-Charge of Headquarters Offices Directors, NASA Centers FROM: Acting Administrator NASA SUBJECT: Directive on Fission Surface Power (FSP) Development Executive Summary • . • Fission surface power (FSP) is both an essential and sustainable segment of the lunar and Mars power architectures for future human space exploration missions.
NASA plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon. Here's what that means
The Trump administration is accelerating plans to place a nuclear reactor on the moon to power a base for humans. The reactor would launch to the moon by 2030, according to a directive by Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy that was sent to NASA officials in July and obtained by NPR.
NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon – a space lawyer explains why, and what the law has to say
Now, decades later, landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power. While it might feel like a sudden sprint, this isn’t exactly breaking news. NASA and the Department of Energy have spent years quietly developing small nuclear power systems to power lunar bases,
August's full moon is known as the Sturgeon Moon, according to NASA. The next full moon predicted to occur on Sept. 7, 2025, according to Royal Museums Greenwich.
Idaho stargazers can spot two meteor showers, a full moon and more in the sky in August. While the Perseids blaze their ...
NASA and the National Science Foundation cancelled their big events at a major astronomy conference this summer. Scientists who attended were left disappointed.
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