NASA confirmed his departure on Wednesday. Wilmore, 62, launched last year alongside fellow astronaut Sunita Williams for a test flight of Boeing’s Starliner.

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

The prototype lander — dubbed the Lanyue (meaning "embrace the moon") — was tested at a facility in Hebei province of China.