Elon Musk just changed course: A Moon city comes before Mars. Here's why SpaceX is prioritizing lunar settlement over the Red Planet—for now.

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Elon Musk is putting his dreams of colonizing Mars on hold and said his SpaceX rocket company will instead focus on building a city on the moon.

SpaceX’s decision to focus on establishing a lunar city ahead of building a Mars colony represents a significant shift in Elon Musk’s space exploration ambitions ...

Musk has missed several of his own predictions for when his company would take humans to Mars.

Elon Musk now aims for the Moon first. He believes a lunar base offers quicker protection for life. Mars colonization remains ...

NASA and Elon Musk are racing toward the same destination, but they are not running the same race. While SpaceX talks in terms of the next launch window, NASA is quietly building a layered campaign of ...

SpaceX is shifting its primary focus from Mars colonization to establishing a permanent settlement on the Moon, according to founder Elon Musk. The ...

NASA has lost contact with one of its three spacecraft orbiting Mars, the agency announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, a second Mars orbiter is perilously close to running out of fuel, and the third mission ...

The overriding priority is securing the future of civilization, and the Moon is faster,' Elon Musk confirms SpaceX's new ...