Relativity Space has reemerged to challenge SpaceX’s race to Mars

# Relativity Space Is Back in the Game for Mars Relativity Space, a rocket company that uses 3D printing to build cheaper spacecraft, just landed a major contract with NASA to send weather-monitoring instruments to Mars in 2028—the same year SpaceX is planning its own Mars missions. This partnership marks the company's comeback after a rough period of restructuring, and it shows NASA is betting on competition between private companies to get to Mars faster and more affordably than any single company could alone. For everyday professionals, this means the race to Mars just got more interesting, with multiple players now in the running instead of SpaceX having a clear path.