Elon Musk revealed that SpaceX plans to send its Starship rocket to Mars at the end of 2026, with the mission also carrying Tesla’s humanoid robot, Optimus.

Elon Musk has been committed to Mars exploration for years. As early as 2016, he intended to send the Dragon spacecraft by 2018. Although those plans evolved, Musk remains confident about landing humans on Mars within the next decade, bolstered by SpaceX's ongoing technological advancements.

Elon Musk has revealed an ambitious plan to send Tesla's humanoid robot, Optimus, aboard SpaceX's Starship on a groundbreaking mission to Mars late next year. This bold step could lay the foundation for future human colonization,

SpaceX founder Elon Musk said 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 soon as 2029.”

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker XPeng (XPEV) is reportedly set to invest up to $13.8 billion (100 billion yuan) on humanoid robots to rival

Elon Musk has always dreamed of colonizing Mars, but his latest plan raises an intriguing question—will a robot get there before humans?The SpaceX fou.

Musk—who has a history of setting unrealized goals for his companies—says he wants to send humans to Mars by 2029, though he says 2031 may be more likely.

NASA is also awaiting a modified version of Starship as a lunar lander for its Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the Moon this decade.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk said on Friday that Starship is set to depart for Mars at the end of next year, carrying Tesla humanoid bot Optimus. Musk suggested in a post on X that human landings could begin as early as 2029,

Elon Musk says SpaceX will go to Mars at the end of 2026 with Tesla's Optimus, a humanoid robot. If all goes well, humans could be headed to the red planet in 2029, Musk says.