NASA picks Eric Schmidt's Relativity Space for Mars
Relativity will build the spacecraft and Terran R rocket, while NASA supplies instruments for the first daily global view of Martian weather.
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NASA picks Eric Schmidt's Relativity Space for Mars
NASA is partnering with Relativity Space, the rocket company run by former Google chief Eric Schmidt, to fly a science mission to Mars. Announced on June 17, the mission is called Aeolus, the first flight in Relativity’s new Interplanetary Sciences Program. The company will build the spacecraft, provide its Terran R rocket, and fly the […] This story continues at The Next Web
Erich Schmidt, the former head of Google, recently acquired a company called Relativity Space, which has already won its first serious commission.
NASA has just taken a strategic step in Martian exploration. The US Space Agency has entrusted Relativity Space, a company bought last year by former Google leader Eric Schmidt, the mission to design and send a scientific device to Mars. Named Aeolus, this mission could allow Relativity to advance SpaceX in the conquest of ... Read more NASA's article chooses Relativity Space from Eric Schmidt to challenge SpaceX in the race in Mars appeared fir…
NASA partners with Eric Schmidt's Relativity Space for new Mars orbiter mission
Highlights NASA and Relativity Space plan to launch the Aeolus Mars orbiter in 2028. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt acquired Relativity Space in 2025. The mission will study Martian winds, temperatures, dust, and clouds. Four scientific instruments will provide daily global atmospheric observations. Data gathered by NASA could help improve future Mars landing systems. Aeolus is expected to support future exploration efforts on the Red Planet. N…
NASA Tasks Space Company with a Single, Failed Launch with Sending Crucial Instruments to Mars
Relativity Space is one of the lesser-known names in the American commercial space industry. Founded back in 2015, this company has been working ever since to build a two-stage, reusable rocket that can launch satellites to orbit, but, so far, it doesn’t have all that much to show for. The rocket Relativity is working on is called Terran R, a medium-to-heavy-lift rocket powered by 13 Aeon R engines fitted on the first stage and... (continue rea…
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