{"id":3078,"date":"2026-06-19T22:41:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/nasa-selects-eric-schmidts-rocket-company-for-a-2028-mission-to-mars\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T22:41:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:41:48","slug":"nasa-selects-eric-schmidts-rocket-company-for-a-2028-mission-to-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/nasa-selects-eric-schmidts-rocket-company-for-a-2028-mission-to-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA selects Eric Schmidt\u2019s rocket company for a 2028 mission to Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tRelativity Space\u2019s CEO is former Google executive Eric Schmidt. | Image: Alexander Tamargo \/ Getty Images\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n

Relativity Space, the rocket company led by former Google executive Eric Schmidt, was picked to launch NASA’s Aeolus payload<\/a> to Mars in 2028, as reported earlier by TechCrunch<\/em><\/a>. Under a new public-private partnership, Relativity Space will provide the \u00ab\u00a0spacecraft, rocket, and cruise operations\u00a0\u00bb to fly Aeolus to Mars, where the payload will \u00ab\u00a0provide the first integrated, daily, global view of Martian winds, temperatures, dust, and clouds.\u00a0\u00bb <\/p>\n

The Aeolus payload will have four instruments on board for studying the Martian atmosphere, which NASA says will \u00ab\u00a0directly inform entry, descent, and landing systems and support safer, more predictable mis \u2026<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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