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Relativity Space will build the rocket and spacecraft for NASA’s 2028 Mars orbiter

NASA has selected Relativity Space to build the rocket, spacecraft, and cruise-stage systems that will carry an agency science payload to Mars, with a 2028 launch target. Under the deal, NASA will ...
Reuters

Rocket firm Relativity signs lease with NASA for new robotic 3D printing factory

(Reuters) - Relativity Space, a venture-backed rocket maker, said on Tuesday it will lease space from NASA in Mississippi, where its gigantic 3D printers will produce low-cost rockets to be used to ...
SpaceNews

Space Force adds Relativity, Impulse Space to national security launch program

The U.S. Space Force is widening the field of companies eligible to compete for national security launch contracts, adding ...
autoevolution

NASA’s Next Mars Mission Depends on a Rocket That Has Never Flown

In a bit of a surprise move, American space agency NASA announced earlier this week a crucial mission to planet Mars. Called Aeolus, it’s not the mission itself that’s a surprise, but the company that ...
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The NASA-Relativity deal hands a private rocket a science mission for the first time

NASA has selected Relativity Space to fly a dedicated planetary-science mission to Mars, the first time a privately developed rocket has been assigned to carry a full NASA science payload rather than ...
TechCrunch

NASA picks Eric Schmidt’s rocket company for Mars mission, setting up a race with SpaceX

Relativity Space — a rocket maker acquired by former Google executive chair Eric Schmidt last year after stumbling on the path to orbit — might just beat SpaceX to Mars. On Tuesday, NASA said it hired ...
Ars Technica

Rocket Report: Rebuild begins at Blue Origin launch pad; Relativity targets Mars

Welcome to Edition 8.46 of the Rocket Report! We don’t mention Starship in the body of this week’s report, so I’ll give a brief update here. The next test flight of SpaceX’s mega-rocket—Flight ...