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Chun Wang is the man who plans to lead SpaceX’s first crewed mission to Mars.
SpaceX named Chun Wang as the planned commander for its first crewed Mars mission.
KEY POINTS
- Wang previously commanded and funded SpaceX's Fram2 polar orbital mission in March 2025.
- The Moon and Mars flyby with Starship may become the first interplanetary human spaceflight mission.
- Starship V3's developmental delays have led NASA to seriously consider Blue Origin for lunar landings.
- Elon Musk stated Starship V3 delays stem from an almost total redesign versus V2.
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