It's America's 'Manifest Destiny' to plant a flag on Mars, Trump says : Highlights from Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration Trump says Americans should look to the stars, by sending astronauts to Mars.

What does this mean for NASA and SpaceX? Trump's speech was far from the first time that manifest destiny has been invoked ...

"We will pursue our Manifest Destiny into the stars," he said, promising to send astronauts to plant the American flag on Mars. ... NASA has the Perseverance rover on a Mars mission now.

“The @NASA workforce is committed to serve and eagerly awaits President Trump’s new nominee to head the agency, leading us toward our ‘manifest destiny in the stars,'” NASA spokesperson ...

NASA is determined to land astronauts on the moon again. The agency wants to do it very soon, in mid-2027, an extremely ambitious timeline. But in his inaugural address, President Donald Trump ...

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The implications of "manifest destiny" for NASA and the broader space sector remain unclear. Bowen noted that Trump specifically mentioning Mars in the inauguration speech carries more weight in ...