https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/04/27/spacex-announces-plan-to-send-mission-to-mars-in-2018/
SpaceX announces plan to send mission to Mars in 2018 – Spaceflight Now Artist’s concept of SpaceX’s Red Dragon spacecraft landing on Mars. Credit: SpaceX. Elon Musk’s space transport company — chartered with a long-term goal of colonizing Mars — plans to send the first commercial mission to the red planet as soon as 2018 with assistance from NASA, SpaceX announced …