Morning Overview on MSN

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 ...
Morning Overview on MSN

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 ...
Breaking Defense

Space Force adds two startups to small, medium launch pool

The two additions to SSC's National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 program bring the total number of qualified launch ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...