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NASA selects Relativity Space to launch 2028 Mars mission
Relativity Space will provide the spacecraft, rocket, and cruise operations for NASA's Aeolus payload under a public-private partnership. The mission will collect daily global data on Martian winds, temperatures, dust, and clouds.
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NASA selected Relativity Space to launch its Aeolus payload to Mars in 2028. The company will supply the spacecraft, rocket, and cruise operations under a public-private partnership. The Aeolus payload carries four instruments to study the Martian atmosphere.
NASA stated the data will directly inform entry, descent, and landing systems and support safer mission planning. Relativity Space is led by its CEO, who previously served as Google CEO from 2001 to 2011 and joined the company in 2025. The firm previously launched the Terran 1 rocket and plans the first flight of its larger Terran R rocket later this year.
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