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This Cryptocurrency Billionaire Will Fly SpaceX's 1st Private Starship to Mars, but When?

The mission would use a weeklong lunar loop to test Starship systems for deep-space travel, SpaceX said.

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SpaceX says it will launch a private flyby mission to Mars that will be led by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, but when it will fly is unclear.

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It's been an evergreen for years, but during the nightly broadcast of the twelfth Starship flight attempt, it was heard again - SpaceX once again confirmed that it is preparing a manned mission to Mars. During a break, the presenters in the studio were joined by investor Chun Wang, commander of the private Fram2 mission in polar orbit of the Earth ...

Chun Wang aboard the Crew Dragon Resilience during the Fram2 – SpaceX mission A few hours ago, while we were distracted by whether or not to take off the first Starship V3 (which in the end did not) SpaceX took advantage to announce the first manned mission of a Starship to Mars. According to the company Chun Wang, who was in command of the Fram2 mission, the first manned space mission to fly over the Earth's poles, will be on board that mission…

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Universe Today broke the news in United States on Friday, May 22, 2026.
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