The US is rushing to put nuclear power reactors on the Moon and Mars, and hopes to launch the first system by the end of the decade. China had also reportedly unveiled plans to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon by 2035.

The Trump administration wants a nuclear reactor on the moon by the end of the decade in a bid to beat Russia and China to colonization.

NASA’s acting administrator Sean Duffy is fast-tracking the agency’s plans to build a nuclear reactor on the lunar surface, a move that highlights the Trump administration’s focus on human spaceflight and establishing a long-term presence on the Moon.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon before China and Russia.

NASA plans to install a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030, marking a new space race with China for lunar resources.

The China Manned Space Agency announced that its manned lunar lander—named Lanyue, which means embracing the moon—successfully completed the first "comprehensive landing and takeoff test" at a test site in Huailai County in Hebei province, northern China, on Wednesday.

Is NASA going to put a nuclear reactor on the moon? Here's what Sean Duffy said about U.S. race against China in space and going to Mars.

The new temporary head of NASA wants to get nuclear power on the moon before China, which could mean another Florida launch with radioactive material.

This is about space exploration. This is about this next phase,” Duffy, interim NASA administrator and ‘The Real World’ alum, said

At $37 trillion and counting, the national debt is in the stratosphere. That hasn’t stopped the space cadets in the federal government from proposing to launch even more taxpayer dollars into a

Science budget? Whatever. It's all about beating China and Russia NASA's Acting Administrator, Sean Duffy, has directed the US space agency to come up with a plan to deploy a nuclear reactor on the Moon.