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Next Starship flight test
Launch time reached. Result posts with the next daily update.
No Mars-bound launch has a firm date yet; the next on the manifest is Mars LanderSource: Launch Library 2 on Terran R, NET 2026. Starship is the vehicle SpaceX plans to send there, so its tests are tracked here.
Earth to Mars transfer window
Open nowSource: Transfer window calculation
Computed on this site from JPL planetary positions (minimum-energy transfer, approximate)
Closes in about 21 days (Dec 4, 2026). Best departure was around Nov 4, 2026, for a cruise of roughly 265 days.
Launches on the manifest for this window
None listed in Launch Library 2.
After that: Nov 6, 2028 to Jan 5, 2029, with 2 launches on the manifest. Windows recur about every 26 months.
State of Mars today
NASA's twin ESCAPADE probes have completed Earth flybys nearly a year after launch and are now headed for Mars.12 At Mars, a European orbiter detected gas seeping above volcanic rifts, suggesting the planet is sleeping rather than geologically dead, while Curiosity studies the surface of a new dig site called "Nazca" before drilling.34 NASA has started a new push to bring Mars samples home, called the Perseverance Sample Retrieval Architecture.5 SpaceX is set to launch Starship Flight 15 today, Nov. 13, with Booster 22 and Ship 42 attempting to reach orbit and make the first-ever catch of both stages after 14 full-stack flights, and the company has inked "Don't panic" on the rocket for the occasion.67891011 Skywatchers can see Jupiter and Mars appear very close together in the constellation Leo on Nov. 15.12
Active missions
Rovers on the ground, orbiters overhead, and what is on the way. Numbers update daily.
NASA · Gale Crater, Mount Sharp
Launched Nov 26, 2011
NASA · Jezero Crater
Launched Jul 30, 2020
NASA · Mars orbit
Launched Apr 7, 2001
ESA · Mars orbit
Launched Jun 2, 2003
NASA · Mars orbit
Launched Aug 12, 2005
ESA · Mars orbit
Launched Mar 14, 2016
UAE Space Agency · Mars orbit
Launched Jul 19, 2020
CNSA · Mars orbit
Launched Jul 23, 2020
NASA · Cruise to Mars
Launched Nov 13, 2025
Starship tracker
Every Starship test flight, the latest result and the next attempt. Full flight log.
Latest flight · Flight 14
Sep 28, 2026
SuccessSource: Launch Library 2
Launch Successful
14th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.
Next flight · Flight 15
NET Nov 13, 2026, 22:45 UTCSource: Launch Library 2
Status: To Be Confirmed
Launch time reached. Result posts with the next daily update.
Orbital Launch Pad 2, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
From the surface
Picked each morning from the newest raw frames NASA has published. No retouching, no AI.
