SpaceX plans to launch about five uncrewed Starship missions to Mars in two years, CEO Elon Musk said on Sunday in a post on social media platform X.

The first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens. These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars.

Unlike Musk, NASA only plans to use Starship to get its astronauts on and off the lunar surface. The crew is expected to launch atop the agency's SLS rocket in an Orion capsule.

Musk posted on the social media platform X – another one of his companies – about the future of traveling to Mars. "SpaceX plans to launch about five uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - Elon Musk posted on his social media account saying SpaceX plans to launch five Starships to Mars in two years.. The founder of SpaceX said the company plans to launch five ...

Sept 7 (Reuters) - SpaceX will launch its first uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said, opens new tab in a ...

“SpaceX plans to launch about five uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years,” Musk posted on X. “If those all land safely, then crewed missions are possible in four years.

Elon Musk: ‘first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years’ He says crewed missions will begin within 4-6 years depending on whether certain economic and technological challenges can be overcome.

Zinger Key Points. Elon Musk aims to build 100 starships per year and send one million people to Mars by 2050. Last week Musk celebrated a decade of SpaceX's first return mission to space station.

Elon Musk recently shared details on Twitter about his plans to send 1 million people to Mars by 2050.; The SpaceX founder said there would be "a lot of jobs" in the city he hopes to build on Mars ...

Earlier this month, Musk had said that the first Starships to Mars would launch in two years "when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens." Musk, known for providing changing timelines on ...

In April, Musk, who founded SpaceX in 2002, said the first uncrewed starship to land on Mars would be within five years, with the first people landing on Mars within seven years.