President Donald Trump made a bold promise to America minutes after taking the Oath of Office: pledging that an American flag would be planted on Mars. "The United States will ... it would most likely be SpaceX's Starship providing the transport.

"Americans are explorers, builders, innovators, entrepreneurs and pioneers. The spirit of the frontier is written into our hearts," Trump says.

Donald Trump announced in his speech after being sworn in as president of the United States, "We will follow our destiny to the stars, sending our astronauts to plant our flag on the surface of Mars.

Experts told Newsweek about the difficulties of reaching Mars as the United States faces complex challenges in space policy.

James Temple was "in the right place at the right time" to take these dramatic images of SpaceX's Starship's seventh flight test disintegrating above the Atlantic Ocean

The rocket company’s effort to demonstrate payload deployment, land its upper stage and potentially achieve spaceship-to-spaceship fuel transfer this year had an inauspicious start when the Starship system suffered a setback during the Jan. 16 flight. Minutes after launch, the Block 2 upper stage broke up when a fire developed in the aft section.

The world saw Donald Trump take the oath of office for his second non-consecutive term as President of the United States on Monday. The ceremony, held in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, drew an eclectic crowd of tech moguls, foreign diplomats, and business leaders.

Washington, United States- US President Donald Trump vowed ... his desire by his close ally and Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, who envisages colonizing Mars with the help of his prototype rocket Starship. Musk retweeted a clip of himself raising two ...

President Donald Trump made a bold promise to America minutes after taking the Oath of Office: pledging that an American flag would be planted on Mars. "The United ... be SpaceX's Starship ...

The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation, one that increases our wealth, expands our territory, builds our cities, raises our expectations and carries our flag

The FAA says it has grounded the Starship vehicle pending a mishap investigation, and it’s working with SpaceX to assess reports of property damage in Turks and Caicos.

SpaceX launched the first rocket of 2025 from ... geosynchronous orbit for a telecommunications company based in the United Arab Emirates. The 229-foot-tall Falcon 9 rocket took flight at 8: ...