Mars, Starship and Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says Starship To Depart For Mars By 2026, Human Landing Likely By 2031
NASA is also awaiting a modified version of Starship as a lunar lander for its Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the Moon this decade.
Starship with humanoid robot to leave for Mars in 2026, human landings by 2029: Elon Musk
SpaceX founder Elon Musk announced Friday that the company’s massive Starship rocket is set to depart for Mars at the end of 2026, carrying Tesla’s humanoid robot, Optimus. In a post on X, he added that human landings on Mars could start as early as 2029 if the initial missions succeed,
Musk says Starship to depart for Mars at end of 2026
SpaceX founder Elon Musk said Saturday its massive Starship rocket would leave for Mars at the end of 2026 with Tesla humanoid robot Optimus onboard, adding that human landings could follow "as soon as 2029.
Musk Says He Wants To Send Rocket To Mars Next Year, With Human Missions As Soon As 2029
Musk—who has a history of setting unrealized goals for his companies—says he wants to send humans to Mars by 2029, though he says 2031 may be more likely.
SpaceX's Starship to depart for Mars in 2026
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk recently announced the company's Starship rocket would embark on a journey to Mars at the end of 2026. The spacecraft will carry Tesla 's humanoid robot Optimus onboard. Musk shared the information through a post on X, saying "Starship departs for Mars at the end of next year, carrying Optimus."
"Human landings may start as soon as 2029": Elon Musk solidifies plans for Tesla Optimus landing on Mars in 2026
Elon Musk's Tesla’s humanoid robot — dubbed Optimus and designed to assist humans in a variety of tasks — is expected to travel to Mars by 2026, according to an announcement from SpaceX CEO himself re
SpaceX’s Starship Plan To Land First Humans On Mars, But Not Till 2031
Robert Zubrin, the planet’s leading strategist for landing humans on Mars, predicts SpaceX’s Starship will win the race to speed astronauts to Mars, but not until 2031.
Musk announces Starship’s Mars mission set for 2026
SpaceX founder Elon Musk confirmed on Saturday that the company’s Starship rocket is slated to depart for Mars by the end of 2026, carrying Tesla's humanoid robot Optimus on board.
Starship, Carrying Tesla's Bot, Set for Mars by End-2026: Elon Musk
SpaceX founder Elon Musk said on Friday that Starship is set to depart for Mars at the end of next year, carrying Tesla humanoid bot Optimus. Musk suggested in a post on X that human landings could begin as early as 2029,
SpaceX to send Starship to Mars next year, Elon Musk confirms
Elon Musk says SpaceX will go to Mars at the end of 2026 with Tesla's Optimus, a humanoid robot. If all goes well, humans could be headed to the red planet in 2029, Musk says.
SpaceX set for historic Mars mission with Starship in 2026
SpaceX is planning a groundbreaking mission to Mars in March 2026. The humanoid robot Optimus will be onboard the Starship rocket, marking another step toward colonizing the Red Planet. SpaceX, the company owned by Elon Musk,
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Is it time to revisit what NASA's Viking lander found on Mars in 1976?
The most significant change since those 1970's experiments were conducted was the discovery of high levels of perchlorate on Mars. Perchlorate, plus abiotic oxidants, explains the Viking results and ...
Scientists Just Found a New Way to Search for Life on Mars
Scientists may finally have a way to detect ancient life on Mars by studying microbial fossils preserved in sulfate minerals.
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Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander reaches the moon, but its status is unclear
said in remarks to Intuitive Machines employees that missions such as today’s moon landing are about more than lunar exploration. The goal is to eventually get to Mars. NASA’s Commercial Lunar ...