Starship is expected to be used for the Artemis III crewed moon mission, and the eventually trek to Mars. Once fully operational, the plan is for the Super Heavy boosters to be launched and caught back at the Orbital Launch Integration Tower, where they will be repositioned and re-flown within an hour, Musk said.

Mars has received considerable attention in the past few decades, thanks to the many robotic missions exploring it to learn more about its past. NASA and China plan to send astronauts/taikonauts there in the coming decades,

No one has ever developed a truly reusable orbital heat shield, it’s extremely difficult to do so. Even the Shuttle’s heat shield required several months of refurbishment, basically fixing broken tiles,

SpaceX shared a video in which founder Elon Musk gave a timeline for the company's Starship to reach Mars in the years ahead.

SpaceX wants to bring humans to Mars by as early as 2028, but it may no longer happen because of the Starship.

After exiting DOGE, Musk renews his focus on SpaceX and Mars, calling colonization key to humanity’s survival.

Musk will discuss progress and next steps toward building a human presence on the Red Planet ahead of Starship’s ninth test flight today.

The really sticky issue for human habitation of Mars, according to experts, is human health. Between a long and grueling journey with health effects of its own, arriving on the planet will be no picnic. With its thin atmosphere, Mars is bombarded by dangerous space radiation, and currently there’s no practical way of protecting astronauts from it.

SpaceX is investing staff and money in its new and powerful Starship rocket, hoping to have it ready for a trip to Mars as early as next year.

SpaceX launched its Starship rocket again from Texas after two failed missions. While the rocket flew farther, a door malfunction scrapped the satellite release test.