Astronauts to live and work on the moon by 2030, Nasa official says

The Artemis rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Wednesday. Photograph: AP

Astronauts are on course to be living and working on the moon before the end of the decade, according to a Nasa official.

Howard Hu, the head of the US agency’s Orion lunar spacecraft programme, said humans could be active on the moon for “durations” before 2030, with habitats to live in and rovers to support their work.