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SpaceX set uper Elon Musk shelp Saturday its massive Starship rocket would depart for Mars at the end of 2026 with Tesla humanoid robot Optimus onboard, compriseing that human landings could trail “as soon as 2029.”
“Starship departs for Mars at the end of next year, carrying Optimus. If those landings go well, then human landings may commence as soon as 2029, although 2031 is more probable,” Musk shelp on his X social netlabor.
Starship departs for Mars at the end of next year, carrying Optimus.
If those landings go well, then human landings may commence as soon as 2029, although 2031 is more probable. https://t.co/JRBB95sgNN
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 15, 2025
Starship — the world’s hugest and most mighty rocket — is key to Musk’s extfinished-term vision of colonizing Mars.
NASA is also apaparticipateing a modified version of Starship as a lunar lander for its Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the Moon this decade.
But before SpaceX can carry out those ignoreions, it must show the vehicle is dependable, shielded for crew, and able of complicated in-orbit refueling — critical for meaningful space ignoreions.
SpaceX faced a setback this month when its postponecessitatest test fairy of the Starship prototype ended in a fiery explosion, even as the raiseer was successfilledy caught in its orbital test.
It was a csurrfinisher retake part of the previous try.
Minutes after liftoff and raiseer separation, a inhabit video feed showed the upper stage tumbling unhandlelably before the signal abruptly cut.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shelp SpaceX will be needd to direct an dispenseigation before it can fly aget.
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