Facing a new space race with China and Russia, NASA is fast-tracking lunar nuclear power development and commercial space ...

The Trump administration is pushing efforts to place a nuclear reactor on the moon to power a future human base. A newly ...

Nicknamed "Smilin’ Jim” by his fellow astronauts, Jim Lovell was known for his wit and quick grin, said acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy.

"Apollo 13" heads to theaters for film's 30th anniversary, tells the Jim Lovell-led story of a near-disastrous NASA mission.

The Apollo 8 commander’s reading of the Scriptures reached a worldwide audience at the dawn of humanity’s journey to the moon ...

The reactor would launch to the moon by 2030, according to a directive by acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy that was sent ...

The world bids farewell to a space exploration icon, as famed Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell has passed away at the age of 97.

Lovell's "life and work inspired millions of people across the decades," said NASA Administrator Sean Duffy in a statement.

Jim Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13, died Thursday at the age of 97, NASA announced on Friday. Lovell, who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering as ...

Jim Lovell, the astronaut who commanded the famous Apollo 13 mission, has died, NASA announced Friday. He was 97.Apollo 13, a 1970 flight to the moon, became known as a "successful failure" after the ...

Lovell, who died Aug. 7 at age 97, is best known for captaining the Apollo 13 mission safely back to earth after a devastating onboard explosion, saving his own life, his crew and perhaps America's ...

NASA is accelerating its plans to establish a nuclear reactor on the Moon by the end of the decade to power lunar bases and gain an advantage in the new space race against Russia and China.