After launch, an apparent propellant leak entered its suborbital trajectory left Starship spinning and mission control unable to control the craft.

Two days after the latest in a string of test-flight setbacks for his big new Mars spacecraft, Starship, Elon Musk said on Thursday he foresees the futuristic vehicle making its first uncrewed voyage to the red planet at the end of next year.

Musk held a talk shared on X, about making life multiplanetary and just how soon an uncrewed starship could launch to Mars.