Nasa sets date for mankind to live full-time on the Moon as it unveils radical plans for lunar city

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NASA planning 3 moon missions this year in race to build lunar city.

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NASA is planning three new moon missions this year as the race to build a lunar city takes shape.

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NASA officials are hoping to maintain a presence on the south pole of the lunar surface.

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CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood has more.

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Nasa has set a date for mankind to live full-time on the Moon under radical new plans for a lunar base.The space agency has revealed new details on its plans to establish a semi-permanent presence on the Moon's surface.The base is set to be in working order by 2029, after a "phase, practical strategy" to build it in partnership with the "commercial industry, academia, international agencies, and innovators around the world".Plans unveiled at a press conference on Tuesday showed how the lunar colony will span "hundreds of square miles", and could look "like a city" according to its chief architect.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say But the first step is to reliably and consistently get astronauts to the Moon through the Artemis mission.After Artemis II, where astronauts flew around the Moon and returned to Earth, Nasa aims to land on the lunar surface in late 2028 as part of Artemis V, three lunar launches from now.Artemis III, set to launch in late 2027, will announce its crew on June...

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