Relativity Space has announced significant progress with its Terran R reusable launch vehicle. In a newly released video, the company says it is set to have the vehicle’s primary structure completed ...

fully reusable Falcon 9-class Terran R. Relativity launched the Terran 1 once, in March 2023, failing to reach orbit. The following month, the company said it was retiring the Terran 1 to focus on ...

If the Terran R booster becomes commercially successful, it could play a big role in launching megaconstellations. Schmidt's ascension also means that Tim Ellis, the company's co-founder ...

It retired the small rocket seen here in this 2022 file photo in favor of a larger Terran R design that aims to launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex 16 by late 2026.

partially reusable Terran R, which is expected to debut sometime in 2026. That shift was not a huge surprise; Relativity Space had stressed that the Terran 1 was a pathfinder for the more powerful ...

Schmidt is joining Relativity Space right as the company gears up for the 2026 launch of Terran R, a larger rocket than what the startup has launched before, that would compete with SpaceX’s ...

The company faces several major challenges as it seeks to bring the Terran R rocket to market, particularly in logistics. This is because Terran R is a large launch vehicle, essentially the bigger ...

Schmidt is joining Relativity Space right as the company gears up for the 2026 launch of Terran R, a larger rocket than what the startup has launched before, that would compete with SpaceX's Falcon 9 ...