SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced on his social-media site X on Sunday that the company plans to send five uncrewed Starships to Mars within the next couple of years. Musk said the company has to wait for the next Earth-Mars launch window before sending the missions.

Elon Musk wants his company to take people to Mars. Musk’s company, SpaceX, is preparing to launch five Starship missions to Mars in two years, Musk announced on X on Sunday. None of the missions will have any humans onboard and will be uncrewed.

Elon Musk and SpaceX plan to launch about five uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years. If those all land safely, then crewed missions are possible in four