Get to MarsRoad to the Red Planet

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About Get to Mars

Get to Mars is an independent publication covering SpaceX, Starship, NASA and the long road to a permanent human presence on Mars — reporting the news and explaining the science, engineering and economics behind it.

Updated: July 13, 2026 · Who we are

Illustration of an early Mars colony at dusk — a Starship on the launch pad, a domed base and a rover, with the Red Planet in the sky
Where this is all headed — an early Mars settlement. Artist’s illustration. Illustration
Contents
  1. Our mission
  2. What we cover
  3. How we work
  4. Independence
  5. Read more
  6. Frequently asked questions

01Our mission

Getting humans to Mars is the most ambitious engineering project of our era, and it moves fast — a Starship test can rewrite the timeline overnight. Our goal is to be the clearest single place to follow it: fast, accurate news paired with evergreen guides that stay useful for years.

02What we cover

We follow the full arc of Mars exploration and settlement — from today’s rockets and robots to the systems a first base would need.

  • SpaceX & Starship — Super Heavy, flight tests, launches and the Mars architecture.
  • Mars missions from every agency — NASA, ESA, CNSA, ISRO and more.
  • Colonization systems — habitats, energy, life support, food, water and transport.
  • The science explained — travel time, cost, radiation, terraforming and the timeline to a first base.

03How we work

Every fact we publish — dates, payloads, mission names, costs — is grounded in primary sources such as NASA and other agency records. Where the future is genuinely uncertain (crewed-Mars dates, launch costs, terraforming), we label forecasts as ranges or concepts, never as certainties.

We publish in several languages. Each translation is written and fact-checked for its own audience — not machine-translated in bulk — so the science reads naturally in every language. Our full standards are set out in the editorial policy.

04Independence

Not affiliated with SpaceX, Tesla or NASA

Get to Mars is an independent publication. We are not owned by, sponsored by or endorsed by SpaceX, Tesla, NASA or any space agency. We cover them; we do not speak for them. Any use of public-domain agency imagery is credited and never implies their endorsement.

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06Frequently asked questions

Is Get to Mars affiliated with SpaceX or NASA?

No. Get to Mars is an independent publication and is not owned, sponsored or endorsed by SpaceX, Tesla, NASA or any space agency.

How do you keep the facts accurate?

We ground every figure in primary sources — NASA and other agency records — and label uncertain forecasts as ranges rather than facts. The full process is in our editorial policy.