During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump said he wants 'American astronauts' on Mars. Where does a future Mars mission currently stand?

President Donald Trump set a bold new goal in his inauguration speech. He wants to go to Mars. Details are thin, but the aspiration should benefit Elon Musk’s SpaceX and a bevy of publicly traded commercial space stocks.

In his prepared remarks, Trump, a longtime backer of U.S.-led space exploration and exploitation, singled out Mars and left the moon hanging.

In his 29-minute Inaugural Address, Trump promised to defeat inflation and to “end the chronic disease epidemic.” He promised national power so great that it could “stop all wars,” and expand the nation’s territory. He even promised to “restore American promise.”

Images of the Billionaires’ Row circled the globe, inspiring the same fascination that greeted pictures of five current and former presidents assembled at Jimmy Carter’s funeral, earlier in the month.

President Trump vowed to send American astronauts to the planet Mars in his inaugural address, envisioning a moment when the U.S. flag is planted on Martian soil. “We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars,

Donald Trump has completed his remarkable return to the presidency and is preparing to issue a flurry of legally binding executive orders aimed at transforming the country

Mr Musk is in charge of Mr Trump's newly created Department for Government Efficiency (DOGE). Elon Musk's starring role in the new Donald Trump administration was confirmed as he appeared front and centre of his inauguration proceedings - and witnessed him pledge a mission to Mars.

According to body language expert Darren Stanton, Barron Trump's gesture was a subtle sign of someone who felt in a position of power or influence

Influenced by Elon Musk, the US president is set to execute the plan outlined by Obama in 2010 and canceled by himself in 2017. Experts see it as "impossible" for the US flag to wave on Mars during his term,

On Tuesday, 10 companies—mostly under the space exploration, energy, and quantum computing sectors—registered the highest gains.