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Landing is expected on 2 March 2025. [3] The Hakuto-R Mission 2 will carry the RESILIENCE lunar lander and the TENACIOUS micro rover. [4] Landing is expected in Mare Frigoris around May–June 2025. [5] Blue Origin plans to launch their MK1 Lunar Lander as a "pathfinder" mission in 2025. [6]
A return mission from Mars will need to land a rocket to carry crew off the surface. Launch requirements mean that this rocket could be significantly smaller than an Earth-to-orbit rocket. Mars-to-orbit launch can also be achieved in single stage. Despite this, landing an ascent rocket back on Mars will be difficult. [citation needed]
Musk has made statements on several occasions about aspirational dates for Starship's earliest possible Mars landing, [31] including in 2022, that a crewed mission to Mars could take place no earlier than 2029. [32] SpaceX's early missions to Mars are to involve small fleets of Starship spacecraft, funded by public–private partnerships. [33]
The private space company has already performed two orbital flight tests of Starhip prototypes in 2024, but both rockets exploded before landing. “The first Starships to Mars will launch in two ...
Over the years, Elon Musk had offered 2024 and 2026 when asked to predict when SpaceX might be able to send crewed missions to Mars. Elon Musk has another prediction for when humans will land 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.
The in-development Space Launch System is expected to serve as the primary launch vehicle for Orion, while commercial launch vehicles will launch various other elements of the program. [ 28 ] On March 26, 2019, Vice President Mike Pence announced that NASA's Moon landing goal would be accelerated by four years with a planned landing in 2024. [ 29 ]
SpaceX is set to launch its Starship craft on Thursday, 16 January, after weather delayed its critical test of the world’s biggest rocket. The 123-metre-tall rocket, which Elon Musk hopes to use ...