Mr. Irving is an investigative journalist who has covered aviation and aerospace for more than 30 years.

The billionaire says an unmanned mission by his SpaceX "Starship" vehicle will be followed by human landings as early as 2029.

"We’re a good 15 years away from going to Mars, not five years as Elon Musk alludes to," former NASA astronaut José Hernández told The Hill.

SpaceX's Starship hasn't totally stuck the landing yet, and the space industry ... NASA plans for Starship to put its first astronauts on the moon in 2027. Musk said on X in September that ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced that the Starship rocket will make its maiden Mars flight by the end of 2026, with human missions possibly starting by

The four-legged Blue Ghost carried 10 scientific payloads as it touched down near an ancient volcanic vent on Mare Crisium, a large basin in the northeast corner of the moon's Earth-facing side.

Tesla Inc. and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has hinted at a possible timeline for human landings on Mars and the Starship will carry Optimus.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk said Saturday its massive Starship rocket would leave for Mars at the end of 2026 with Tesla humanoid robot Optimus onboard, adding that human landings could follow "as ...