Elon Musk says first SpaceX mission to Mars will launch next year

ELON Musk, the founder of SpaceX, said his spaceship rocket would head to Mars by the end of next year, the company said as he surveyed some explosions in recent flight tests.

Human landing can start in early 2029 if the first mission progresses well, but “2031 is more likely,” he added to the social media platform X.

Starship, the largest rocket standing at 123m, is important for MUSK’s ambition to colonize planet Mars.

But a few minutes after launching from Texas last week, one of the rocket exploded after the second failure after the similar “fast non -artistic breakdown” in January.

SpaceX said it will review the data to better understand the data. [the] He mentioned that it occurred after the loss of the most recent explosions “and” multiple “engines were lost.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the company should conduct an investigation before flying again.

NASA hopes to use the spacecraft of the spaceship that has been modified to allow the Artemis mission to return to the moon.

Tech billionaire someday the rocket system takes humans to the moon and takes it to Mars to make humans a “multi -planet.”

He said that the first Mars mission would carry the Tesla Humanoid Robot “Optimus” that he showed to the public last year.

Musk said the robot could one day do everyday work and cost between $ 20,000 and $ 30,000.

On Friday, SPACEX started a Falcon 9 rocket that carried crew to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a plan to bring two astronauts home.

Butch willmore and Suni Williams have been on ISS for eight days, but have been there for more than nine months due to the technical problems related to the experimental spacecraft built by BOEING.