NASA partners with Relativity Space for 2028 Mars orbiter mission
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Josh Dinner
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NASA has partnered with Relativity Space to design, build, and launch the next Mars orbiter, set for 2028. The spacecraft will carry NASA's Aeolus instrument suite to provide daily global measurements of Mars' environment, including dust and cloud cover data. This marks a significant public-private partnership for Mars exploration, notably not involving SpaceX.
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· 3 pulledNASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announces a public-private partnership to advance Mars science during an event at Relativity Space on June 17, 2026.
Relativity Space will design, build and launch the spacecraft that carries NASA's Aeolus instrument suite to orbit around Mars.
The probe will be the first to provide daily measurements of the planet's global environment.
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