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SpaceX Moon landing: Elon says people there by end of 2031

Elon Musk promised the first people on the Moon by the end of 2031. It hasn't happened yet, with 1,911 days left.

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“I think we'll have landed our first people on the moon in less than 5 years. We might be able to put the first astronauts on the moon in 2 to 3 years and then expand rapidly from there so that in say 10 years from now there are thousands of people on the moon.”
— Elon Musk · Jul 8, 2026 · Sean Hannity Show interview, Gov. Greg Abbott guest-hosting (Jul 8 2026) 4:13 ↗
Video: Sean Hannity Show interview, Gov. Greg Abbott guest-hosting (Jul 8 2026)
▶ WATCH HIM SAY IT @ 4:13 — SEAN HANNITY SHOW INTERVIEW, GOV. GREG ABBOTT GUEST-HOSTING (JUL 8 2026)
What actually happened

Fetched Oct 3 2026: no SpaceX or NASA crew has landed on the Moon. Wikipedia Artemis III is a 2027 low-Earth-orbit docking demo (NET June 2027), not a landing; first crewed lunar landing is planned as Artemis IV. Musk's 'less than 5 years' window from the July 2026 statement runs to end of 2031. Status stays pending. Wikipedia Artemis III (fetched Oct 3 2026) — 2027 LEO docking demo, not a lunar landing ↗

The Progression

Jul 8, 2026
The promise: “I think we'll have landed our first people on the moon in less than 5 years. We might be able to put the first astronauts on the moon in 2 to 3 years and then expand rapidly from there so that in say 10 years from now there are thousands of people on the moon.” · Sean Hannity Show interview, Gov. Greg Abbott guest-hosting (Jul 8 2026) 4:13 ↗
Today · Oct 7, 2026
Status: Pending · 1,911 days left. Still waiting.

On The Sean Hannity Show on July 8, 2026 — with Texas Governor Greg Abbott guest-hosting — Musk laid out SpaceX's lunar timeline, saying the company would land its first people on the Moon in less than five years, possibly its first astronauts within two to three years, then scale to thousands of residents and 'a full-blown self-sustaining city on the Moon' within about a decade. No human has been on the Moon since 1972, and SpaceX's Starship is the lander for NASA's Artemis program.

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