In 2015, Tim Ellis and Jordan Noone founded Relativity Space around an ambitious goal: to be the first company to put a 3D printed rocket into orbit. While additive manufacturing was already ...

The Rutherford engine is a key component of the Electron rocket and is the first 3D-printed engine to reach space ... low temperatures perfect for use in orbit — are pumped through channels ...

In 2023, Relativity Space made history by sending the first rocket that was mostly 3D printed into space, though it did not ...

But today, the company announced a €23mn Series A funding round as it looks to ramp up development of its 3D-printed ... to orbit, the company said in a statement. Pangea aims to build rocket ...

California company’s 3D-printed rocket poised to make debut launch It’s a relatively small rocket, just 110 feet (33 meters), and won’t be carrying anything for this test flight except for a ...

The goal is a late 2026 return to Cape Canaveral for the rocket’s debut launch. It will have a payload capacity of more than 50,000 pounds to low-Earth orbit powered by 13 of the 3D-printed Aeon ...

Though this feat will inevitably help pave the way for future off-world manufacturing endeavors, this wasn't the first time an object had been 3D printed in orbit. That distinction occurred more ...

an unusual buildup of ice could be seen on the side of the rocket with chunks breaking away. The second stage completed a six-minute firing to reach an elliptical orbit around Earth. As is typical ...