NASA launched four astronauts on a pioneering journey around the moon—the Artemis II mission. Follow our coverage here. Nuclear power plants are safer than many suspect. But putting reactors in space ...

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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 ...

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