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NASA, Virginia Launch Power Partnership for Energy Security
NASA · 23 Oct 2026
NASA is helping to foster long-term energy security in Virginia. NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, is partnering with the Virginia Department of Energy to support informed decisions for effective energ...
NASA, Energy Department Advance New Era of Nuclear-Powered Exploration
NASA · 8 Oct 2026
As the Golden Age of deep-space exploration begins, NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy are advancing the development of safe, reliable, next-generation nuclear technologies for space. Together, the agencies will supe...
White House releases space nuclear policy
SpaceNews · 14 Apr 2026
The White House released a policy April 14 directing NASA, the Pentagon and the Department of Energy to develop space nuclear power systems that could launch as soon as 2028.
NASA and DOE plan fission power plant on Moon by 2030
SpaceDaily · 5 Mar 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2026 NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy have renewed their long standing partnership to develop a fission surface power system that can operate on the Moon as part of the Artemis campaign...
Hydrogen nuclei experiment sharpens view of quarks inside matter
SpaceDaily · 27 Jan 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026 The lightest element in the universe is helping nuclear physicists probe the inner structure of matter with new precision. At the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Ac...
Oak Ridge team plans powerful test facility for next generation fusion components
SpaceDaily · 27 Jan 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026 The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is joining with Type One Energy and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville to develop a world class high heat flux facility to te...
NASA and DOE to collaborate on lunar nuclear reactor development
SpaceNews · 25 Jan 2026
NASA and the Department of Energy have agreed to work together on development of nuclear reactors for the moon as industry awaits the release of a final call for proposals.
NASA and DOE plan fission power plant on Moon by 2030
SpaceDaily · 15 Jan 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2026 NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy have renewed their long standing partnership to develop a fission surface power system that can operate on the Moon as part of the Artemis campaign...
NASA, Department of Energy to Develop Lunar Surface Reactor by 2030
NASA · 13 Jan 2026
NASA, along with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), announced Tuesday a renewed commitment to their longstanding partnership to support the research and development of a fission surface power system for use on the Moon...
Sandia centrifuge campaign clears NASA VIPER rover for lunar launch
SpaceDaily · 18 Dec 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2025 NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, has cleared a major test campaign at Sandia National Laboratories that is intended to show the 1,000-pound lunar rover c...
Lunar helium-3: separating market from marketing
SpaceNews · 4 Jun 2025
On May 5, 2025, Interlune — a Seattle-based startup — announced a new agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE): they’ll deliver helium-3, harvested from the moon, to Earth […]
NASA Stennis Secures Grant for Clean Energy Project
NASA · 14 Nov 2024
NASA’s Stennis Space Center has been awarded a highly competitive U.S. Department of Energy grant to transform its main administration building into a facility that produces as much renewable energy as it uses. Following...
NASA Announces Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactor Concept Awards
NASA · 13 Jul 2021
NASA is leading an effort, working with the Department of Energy (DOE), to advance space nuclear technologies. The government team has selected three reactor design concept proposals for a nuclear thermal propulsion syst...
Tyvak and Lawrence Livermore National Lab release Earth and space images
SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2021
Tyvak released the first high-resolution images of objects in orbit and on the ground captured by telescopes the satellite manufacturer developed with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).