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Elon Musk just used Instagram to show how his rocket company would land humans on Mars

Kelly DickersonSep 15, 2015, 19:22 IST

Someday, Elon Musk just might get humans to Mars.

The billionaire's rocket company, SpaceX, is getting tantalizingly close to developing reusable rockets and a whole suite of spacecraft destined for the Red Planet.

It's already successfully tested models of its Dragon space capsule - a vessel designed specifically for shuttling cargo and eventually astronauts to the International Space Station. If Musk has his way, a more advanced model, called Red Dragon, will carry the first humans to Mars.

On Sept. 14, Musk posted up a storm on Instagram, sharing a few illustrations of Red Dragon and what it would look like landing on Mars.