Should the uncrewed ships land safely, Musk anticipates sending crewed missions to Mars during the 2028-29 launch window. If the tests don't succeed, the company will try uncrewed missions again in the 2028 launch window, and push the crewed missions back to the launch window after that.

Elon Musk wants his company to take people to Mars. Musk’s company, SpaceX, is preparing to launch five Starship missions to Mars in two years, Musk announced on X on Sunday. None of the missions will have any humans onboard and will be uncrewed.

Musk said SpaceX plans to launch five uncrewed Starship rockets to Mars in 2026, followed by the first manned missions either two or four years later.