SpaceX plans to send five uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years, Musk says

Musk is counting on Starship to fulfill his goal of producing a spacecraft capable of sending people to the moon. Picture: Susan Walsh, AP 

SpaceX plans to launch about five uncrewed Starship missions to Mars in two years, CEO Elon Musk said on Sunday in a post on social media platform X.

Earlier this month, Musk had said that the first Starships to Mars would launch in two years "when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens."