Relativity Space, the rocket company led by former Google executive Eric Schmidt, was picked to launch NASA’s Aeolus payload to Mars in 2028, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. Under a new public-private partnership, Relativity Space will provide the « spacecraft, rocket, and cruise operations » to fly Aeolus to Mars, where the payload will « provide the first integrated, daily, global view of Martian winds, temperatures, dust, and clouds. »
The Aeolus payload will have four instruments on board for studying the Martian atmosphere, which NASA says will « directly inform entry, descent, and landing systems and support safer, more predictable mis …
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