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First Starships to Mars

SpaceX wants to send uncrewed Starships to Mars first, then crews.

Planned No date set Estimated

Goal

  • Land cargo Starships on Mars to test landing and gather data before any crew goes.

The plan

  1. Earth and Mars line up for a trip about every 26 months.
  2. SpaceX hasn’t said which launch window it will use.

Future dates come from the launch calendar and are checked every week; they often slip. All Starship missions