Instead, they wait until the planet is properly aligned and then cruise to where Mars will be — seven or more months in the future ... astronauts to plant a flag on Mars. There are only two ...

But Trump and Musk remain optimistic that the American flag will fly on Mars in the near future. However, they face the challenge of setting out the specifics of how, and when, that will be achieved, ...

President Donald Trump made a bold promise to America minutes after taking the Oath of Office: pledging that an American flag ...

Trump again promised to launch American astronauts to Mars. Seated nearby ... that would take astronauts someday further in the future would suffice. On Monday, he said that American astronauts ...

"We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars," Trump ... necessary to inform future successes.

But during his inauguration speech, Trump also vowed to carry the American flag in a bold new direction ... The timeline for sending humans to Mars is very far in the future—certainly well ...

"Can you image how awesome it will be to have American astronauts plant the flag on another planet ... its ESCAPADE science mission to Mars, as well as a a future human lunar lander known as ...

Mark Schiefelbein/AP But Trump and Musk remain optimistic that the American flag will fly on Mars in the near future. However, they face the challenge of setting out the specifics of how ...