NASA is sending an orbiter to Mars with Eric Schmidt's Relativity Space
NASA has partnered with Relativity Space, a company led by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, to launch an orbiter mission to Mars named Aeolus. Scheduled for a 2028 launch, the mission aims to study Martian winds, temperatures, dust, and clouds to improve future landing safety. Relativity Space will provide the spacecraft, rocket, and operational support for NASA's science instruments, which were developed at NASA's Ames Research Center. AI
IMPACT This mission could improve future Mars landing safety by providing detailed atmospheric data.