Elon Musk has confirmed SpaceX’s starship will travel to Mars by the end of 2026. The ship will carry Tesla’s humanoid robot Optimus Prime. If all goes well, humans may arrive at the Red Planet in 2029, although he admits that 2031 is more likely.
NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover captured this image of Santa Cruz, using its dual camera Mastcam-Z imager, on April 29, 2021, the 68th Mars Day or SOL’s mission. (Points: NASA/JPL-CALTECH/ASU/MSSS)
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Optimus’ X account answered Musk’s announcement in just two words: “Stay on.”
SpaceX wrote on its website: “Starship is the most powerful launch vehicle developed in the world, capable of carrying up to 150 tons of fully reusable and 250 tons of consumable.” In the US ton, it can be fully reusable and consumes up to 275 tons.
Musk has long talked about the dream of sending men to Mars, and he was recently discovered in the White House wearing a “Occupy Mars” shirt.
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“I can’t think of something more exciting than going out to play with stars,” Musk wrote in one sentence.
Musk announced his mission to Mars during SpaceX’s exciting week.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded from Friday, March 14, 2025, the launch pad of NASA Kennedy Space Center in Canaveral, Florida. (SpaceX/NASA)
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SpaceX and NASA launched a crew member on Friday with astronauts who will replace Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who were trapped in space for nine months.
Test pilots Wilmore and Williams landed in space on Boeing’s Starliner on June 5, 2024, and are scheduled to return to Earth on June 13, 2024. But thruster failure and helium leak caused NASA and Boeing to leave the ISS instead of getting the ISS on board, rather than bringing them adventure home.
