埃隆·马斯克表示，SpaceX今年将发射其最大的星际飞船，但2026年登上火星的可能性是“五五开”。

SpaceX is still shooting for Mars next year with its giant Starship rocket, despite some recent explosive hiccups with the megarocket.

That was one of the takeaways from a new update that just gave about 's plans to help humanity settle the Red Planet — an ambitious goal that has driven the billionaire for decades..

," Musk said in the 42-minute presentation, which on Thursday (May 29), referring to the ongoing work with ..

The giant rocket consists of two elements, both of which are designed to be fully and rapidly reusable: a booster called Super Heavy and a 171-foot-tall (52 meters) upper stage known as Starship, or simply Ship.

Starship has nine test flights under its belt, the most recent of which (May 29). Ship reached space on that mission but experienced an anomaly shortly thereafter, apparently due to a propellant leak; SpaceX lost control of the vehicle, and it fell back to Earth in an uncontrolled reentry over the Indian Ocean..

Ship also had issues — more serious ones, in fact — and , which launched in January and March of this year, respectively. On both occasions, Ship exploded less than 10 minutes into flight, raining debris down on the Atlantic..

Musk seemed undaunted after Flight 9 on Tuesday, compared to the two previous liftoffs and stressing that the company has a wealth of data to analyze going forward..