Nasa looks to other companies for US moon program as Musk’s SpaceX lags behind

Nasa head said agency is opening up contracts for crewed lunar program Artemis after SpaceX had to delay timelines

Nasa is looking to contract with other companies for its crewed lunar program as Elon Musk's SpaceX is behind" on its timeline, the space agency said on Monday.

In an interview with CNBC, Sean Duffy, transportation secretary and interim head of Nasa, said the agency was not going to wait for one company" as it pushes forward with its Artemis program to get astronauts on to the moon.