For the U.S. to win the next space race, we need to deploy sustained power to stay on the moon, or risk ceding space leadership to China.

A team of scientists and engineers from the University of Leicester and NASA Glenn Research Center is developing a new nuclear power system for space. Last year, the university signed an International ...

NASA selected three winners out of nine finalists in the second annual Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for elementary through high school students featuring the power of ...

Scientists from the University of Leicester and NASA are working together on combining radioisotope power systems with high efficiency power convertor technology to enable spacecraft to venture into ...

A spacecraft power system that combines the technological know-how of engineers and scientists at the University of Leicester and NASA Glenn has passed its first test with flying colours. In late 2024 ...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- A student Odyssey at Libby Center in Spokane has been named as a finalist in NASA's Power to Explore Challenge. Lilah Coyan wrote an essay on how Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS) ...

NASA wants to put a nuclear power plant on the moon in the next decade and eventually Mars. Signed by the current Acting Administrator Sean Duffy, NASA Headquarters released a plan that calls for ...

Philly school leaders hope even participating in the space essay contest will encourage students to get more interested in science. The winners of the 2024 contest were: Thomas Liu, 18, of Ridgewood, ...

EVERETT — Of the solar system’s nearly 900 moons, could any of them sustain life? It’s a question three local students are ready to explore. Three students from Snohomish County school districts have ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's fourth annual Power to Explore Student Challenge kicked off November 7, 2024. The science, engineering, technology, and mathematics (STEM) writing ...

SHINE and Zeno enter an MOU to develop radioisotope supply chain for power systems that enable persistent operations from the seabed to the lunar surface JANESVILLE, Wis., June 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — ...