Two Companies You've Never Heard of Could Be the First to Reach Mars - Gizmodo

The all-private mission aims to launch a Mars-bound spacecraft and lander atop a 3D-printed rocket which could launch to the Red Planet as soon as 2024.

Private space companies Impulse Space and Relativity Space have announced an ambitious joint venture poised to be the first commercial mission to Mars, which will feature the launch of a payload as s… [+2264 chars]

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