Relativity Space has a new chief executive – and he doesn’t come from an aerospace background. But, Eric Schmidt does come ...

Former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has taken a controlling interest in the Long Beach, California-based Relativity Space. The New York Times first reported the change becoming official, after ...

It retired the small rocket seen here in this 2022 file photo in favor of a larger Terran R design that aims to launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex 16 by late 2026.

After some reorganization and an apparent disillusionment with the 3D printing technologies that enabled it to get off the ground, Relativity Space is back in full force with the latest update on the ...

The company started with the small Terran 1 rocket but, in that Series D, announced plans for the larger, fully reusable Falcon 9-class Terran R. Relativity launched the Terran 1 once, in March ...

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He added that the mission, launching on a Terran R, could be ready in two and a half years, when Mars and Earth were properly lined up. That window, in late 2024, passed.

Schmidt has also reportedly invested significant sums in the company. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has assumed the top job at an ambitious launch startup. Schmidt, who led Google from 2001 to ...

With much of the design review over, Relativity announced Monday it had already begun production of what will be the first Terran R rocket. “We have all the elements to make Terran R a ...