President Donald Trump made a bold promise to America minutes after taking the Oath of Office: pledging that an American flag would be planted on Mars. "The United States will once again ... Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and newly installed leader of the ...

President Donald Trump vowed that U.S. astronauts would plant the American flag on Mars during his next administration. During his inaugural address on Monday, Trump insisted that going to Mars was part of the "manifest destiny" of the United States.

"Americans are explorers, builders, innovators, entrepreneurs and pioneers. The spirit of the frontier is written into our hearts," Trump says.

Such a shift would be seismic for a programme projected to cost more than S$122.3 billion. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States on Monday, scripting a stunning return to power after multiple felony convictions, two impeachments and a pair of assassination attempts.

President Donald Trump made a bold promise to America minutes after taking the Oath of Office: pledging that an American flag would be planted on Mars. "The United States will once again consider ...

During his inaugural address, Donald Trump said the United States would consider itself a growing nation under his presidency and he would bring the nation's flag "into new and beautiful horizons." Trump went on to say American astronauts would "plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars,

"We are literally mapping the entire celestial sky in 102 infrared colors for the first time in humanity's history."

NASA released views of several angles of SpaceX Starship’s second test flight. The massive rocket launched from SpaceX's Starbase facility in South Texas. Credit: NASA Music: The Alabaster Coast by Ha

Orbital dynamics show that President Trump’s pledge to land astronauts on Mars couldn’t happen until 2029 at the earliest.

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Experts told Newsweek about the difficulties of reaching Mars as the United States faces complex challenges in space policy.