SpaceX Plans Mars Missions As Soon As 2018 | Video

The bold announcement from private spaceflight company occurred on April 27th, 2016 via their social feeds. They plan on launching the ’Red Dragon’ spacecrafts atop Falcon 9 Heavy rockets, that are still under development. They would begin with un-crewed demonstration flights that will test technology for landing large payloads on the Red Planet. -- Full Story: Credit: / Imagery courtesy SpaceX / Edited by @SteveSpaleta