Rendering of Relativity Space’s new factory, with a Terran R rocket out front. [credit: Relativity Space ] Relativity Space announced on Wednesday morning plans to move into a new factory—its third new facility in three years—as the startup company continues to scale up its ambitious launch plans. The new factory, formerly a 93-acre Boeing facility […]
Enlarge / A rendering of the Terran R rocket in flight. (credit: Relativity Space) Relativity Space announced Tuesday morning that it has raised an additional $650 million in private capital and that this money will fuel an ambitious agenda of 3D printing large, reusable rockets. The new funding will accelerate development of the “Terran-R” launch […]
Enlarge / Relativity Space tests a development version of its Terran 1 second stage at Stennis Space Center. (credit: Relativity Space) When Relativity Space was founded with the audacious idea of using 3D printing to manufacture pretty much the entirety of a small rocket, the premise sounded revolutionary. But if the company could pull it […]