Elon Musk’s ambition to one day settle Mars appears to have taken a back seat for a rather nearer and more achievable goal – ...

Mars had been SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s long-standing focus. A year ago, he wrote on X: "The Moon is a distraction.” ...

After a dizzying start to 2026, Musk’s abrupt shift from Mars to the moon sparks debate. Vote in our Question of the Week and ...

Elon Musk just changed course: A Moon city comes before Mars. Here's why SpaceX is prioritizing lunar settlement over the Red Planet—for now.

Elon Musk has announced a major shift in SpaceX’s spaceflight ambitions. The billionaire says the company is now prioritizing ...

Elon Musk is putting his dreams of colonizing Mars on hold and said his SpaceX rocket company will instead focus on building a city on the moon.

SpaceX is prioritizing the moon over Mars, Elon Musk said, citing faster timelines and strategic urgency while maintaining ...

Elon Musk has announced a significant pivot in SpaceX’s ambitions. The billionaire says the company is now prioritizing ...

SpaceX is putting its longstanding focus of sending humans to Mars on the back burner to prioritize establishing a settlement ...

A little more than a year after dismissing the moon as a “distraction,” Elon Musk says SpaceX will focus on lunar settlement before sending humans to Mars.

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Musk has missed several of his own predictions for when his company would take humans to Mars.