NASA picks Eric Schmidt’s rocket company for Mars mission, setting up a race with SpaceX

June 18, 2026 Tim Fernholz

Relativity Space—a rocket maker acquired by former Google executive chair Eric Schmidt last year after stumbling on the path to orbit—might just beat SpaceX to Mars.

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