NASA taps Relativity Space to deliver Mars weather in 2028
NASA just handed Relativity Space the keys to its Aeolus Mars mission, set for liftoff in 2028.
The company will build and launch a spacecraft carrying four NASA instruments designed to track dust, winds, and temperatures on Mars, basically giving us daily weather updates from the Red Planet.
NASA pushes private Mars partnerships
This move is part of NASA's push to work more with private companies, hoping to speed up research needed before humans head to Mars.
For Relativity Space, it's a huge milestone; if they pull it off, Aeolus could become the first privately developed Mars mission to successfully arrive at the planet (beating even SpaceX).
After some setbacks and a major boost from Eric Schmidt in 2025, all eyes are on their next-generation Terran R rocket for this ambitious mission.