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2026 will be the year of space nuclear power and surviving the lunar night

Written by  Tyler Bernstein, A.C. Charania and Alex Gilbert Tuesday, 13 January 2026 11:00

Lunar night survival becomes an imperative “Surviving the lunar night has crossed a critical threshold: what was once a ‘nice-to-have’ is now the imperative for any serious lunar mission.

We’re seeing this ‘survive, operate, thrive’ progression play out in real time: we’ve proven we can land repeatedly, now we’re focused on surviving that brutal two-week […]

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