Tesla's Optimus robots will be used to explore the surface of Mars, Elon Musk confirmed today.The humanoid robots, which were initially pitched as household assistants in October last year, will "hopefully" be sent to Mars on a SpaceX flight by the end of 2026.

While SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has previously discussed unmanned missions to Mars, his announcement on X marks the first mention of robots joining the journey to the red planet.

Tesla's Optimus robots were originally pitched as household assistants, but a new plan for them is out of this world.

The nominee for NASA’s top job, billionaire spacewalker Jared Isaacman, outlined his vision for space exploration on Wednesday that prioritizes sending astronauts to Mars without giving up on the moon.

A billionaire tech CEO and private astronaut, Jared Isaacman, is set to face questions at a US Senate hearing about a rumored shifts in focus from the moon to Mars.

Should the Senate confirm him, Isaacman will be the first billionaire – but not the first astronaut – to head NASA. Perhaps even more significant, he will be the first NASA administrator with significant ties to the commercial space industry.

Trump’s pick to lead NASA, Jared Isaacman, found it strangely difficult to tell his Senate confirmation hearing whether Elon Musk was part of his job interview or not. That’s odd, because he must have met Musk — Isaacman funded,

President Donald Trump's NASA administrator nominee, Jared Isaacman, testified before the Senate that SpaceX works for NASA, "not the other way around."

The Trump administration’s nominee to lead NASA will face a confirmation hearing in the Senate on Wednesday. Jared Isaacman is an entrepreneur and commercial astronaut whose ideas for the agency include prioritizing landing humans on Mars and returning to the moon to establish a long-term presence.

Elon Musk just took a bold stand against Donald Trump’s tough new tariff policy. In a tense standoff, the Tesla CEO publicly criticized the President’s top adviser and pushed for a zero-tariff free trade zone between the US and Europe.

Donald Trump is not reliant on the billionaire who spent the most to elect him in November and has a high-profile presence at the White House, the president said Thursday. Trump’s comments on Tesla CEO Elon Musk came as he spoke to reporters while gathering with members of his cabinet.

It’s pretty easy to draw a straight line from the $250 million Musk reportedly spent to get President Trump elected last year and his work with DOGE, to the growing peaceful protests that have sprung up at Tesla dealerships both in the U.S. and abroad.