said 29 Sep 2017
Our aspirational goal is to send our first cargo mission to Mars in 2022. … A second mission, with both cargo and crew, is targeted for 2024.
Missed promise
Live
Late by
1y 9m 5d
and 15h 46m 54s
— SpaceX, primary source
SpaceX's own Mars page, following the BFR update "Making Life Multiplanetary" at the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide. Previously filed here under the 2016 IAC talk in Guadalajara, which was a different presentation.
What happened: As of late September 2026, nothing has been sent to Mars. Starship first reached orbit on its fourteenth flight, on 28 September 2026, and deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites; SpaceX cut the mission short after one of the ship's engines shut down early during the climb to orbit.
due 31 Dec 2024
Receipt · archived original SpaceX Mars page, after IAC 2017 Adelaide, Sep 29 2017 (opens in a new tab)