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CTOnews.com, Nov. 21 (Xinhua)-- astronauts are expected to live and work on the moon by 2030, according to a NASA official.

Howard Howard Hu, director of the NASA Orion lunar spacecraft program, said humans could be "sustainable" on the moon by 2030, with habitats to live and rovers to support their work.

Howard Hu, who was appointed head of NASA's deep space exploration spacecraft in February, spoke on Sunday as the 98-meter Artemis rocket advanced to the moon on its first unmanned mission. The giant rocket was launched Wednesday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying the Orion spacecraft after a series of delays caused by technical glitches and hurricanes.

The spacecraft carries three mannequins that will record the stress and strain of the Artemis 1 mission. The rocket is now about 134000 kilometers from the moon.

"this is our first step towards long-term deep space exploration, not only for the United States, but also for the world," said Howard Hu. I think this is a historic day for NASA, but for all those who love human space flight and deep space exploration, it is also a historic day. "

The Orion spacecraft will fly within 60 miles of the moon and continue to fly 40,000 miles before returning to Earth with the goal of landing in the Pacific Ocean on December 11. During the 25-day mission, the spacecraft will fly 1.3 million miles, the furthest distance ever traveled by a spacecraft built for humans.

CTOnews.com learned that when re-entering the Earth's atmosphere, the Orion spacecraft will fly at a speed of about 25000 miles (40233.6 kilometers) per hour, its heat shield temperature will rise to about 2800 degrees Celsius, and it is expected to splash down off the coast of San Diego.

The Artemis 1 mission will pave the way for the follow-up Artemis 2 and 3 flights, and NASA plans to send the first woman and the first person of color to the lunar surface through the Artemis mission, paving the way for a long stay on the moon and to Mars. NASA is expected to launch the Artemis 2 manned mission around the moon as early as 2024, and the final Artemis 3 mission to the moon.

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