Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An AI generated illustrative image of a nuclear power plant on the surface of the Moon, with the Earth seen in the background.

Russia’s space leadership has set a striking new benchmark for the next phase of lunar exploration, declaring that it wants a functioning nuclear power plant on the Moon by 2036. The project is framed ...

This handout photograph taken and released by Russian Space Agency Roscosmos on July 13, 2023, shows the Luna-25 rover installed by technicians at the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia. automation MOSCOW ...

Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely reach the lunar ...