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China, SpaceX, or NASA: Who’s first to Mars?

The race to Mars is heating up with China, SpaceX, and NASA all vying to be the first to land humans on the red planet. Each ...

Sean Duffy on NASA efforts to beat China in race back to the moon

Sean Duffy, acting administrator of NASA, speaks with CBS News' Mark Strassmann about the new space race with China.
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It Looks Like China's Getting Ready to Land Astronauts on the Moon While NASA Flails Helplessly

Over half a year into Trump's second term, NASA still doesn't have a leader. The space agency is staring down the barrel of some devastating cuts to its science budget, with the Trump administration ...

Critics shouldn’t block NASA’s nuclear path to a moon base

No great endeavor ever undertaken since the beginning of civilization has not had people saying it can’t or shouldn’t be done ...

NASA wants to put a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030. Choosing where is tricky

In a bold, strategic move for the U.S., acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced plans on Aug. 5, 2025, to build a ...

If China Beats the U.S. to the Moon, Will Americans Care?

The tragedy we face is not the challenge posed by Chinese space exploration, but the potential that we will not even try to meet it.

Inside NASA's fast-track plans for lunar nuclear power and new space stations to outpace global rivals

Facing a new space race with China and Russia, NASA is fast-tracking lunar nuclear power development and commercial space ...

Nasa to put nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 - US media

US space agency Nasa will fast-track plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030, according to US media. It is part ...

Can China’s hypersonic drone carrier bring Nasa’s ‘scissor wing’ dream to life?

Chinese engineers resurrect radical design for an aircraft that can fly five times the speed of sound, releasing drones in its wake.

China Announces Breakthrough in Planned Moon Landing

The China Manned Space Agency announced that its manned lunar lander—named Lanyue, which means embracing the ...

NASA wants US to be the first nation to put nuclear reactor on the moon

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy has directed the agency to fast-track plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon.

NASA calls for nuclear power plant on the moon in next decade. Here's what we know.

Signed by the current Acting Administrator Sean Duffy, NASA Headquarters released a plan that calls for creating a new position, the Fission Surface Power Program Executive, who would oversee this ...