Terran 1 lifted off from Cape Canaveral shortly before 11:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, in what marks an important milestone for Relativity Space. Reading time 2 minutes A rocket built primarily from ...

The first-ever 3D-printed rocket was scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Center on Wednesday night, but was scrubbed less than an hour before launch. The debut of the new rocket, ...

A new rocket, the world's first made up of mostly 3D-printed components and fueled by liquid natural gas, blasted off on its maiden flight Wednesday night and climbed out of the lower atmosphere only ...

The world’s first 3D-printed rocket made it off the launch pad Wednesday night but failed to reach orbit in a key test flight by a California-based aerospace startup. Relativity Space’s Terran 1 ...

A Wednesday evening debut launch of a rocket made almost entirely of 3D-printed parts failed three minutes into its flight, crashing down into the Atlantic Ocean before it could reach orbit. The ...

A rocket made almost entirely of printed metal parts made its debut launch Wednesday night, but failed after three minutes of flight — far short of reaching orbit. The uncrewed vessel, Terran 1, ...

In a third attempt, the world’s first 3D-printed rocket made it off the launch pad Wednesday night but failed to reach orbit and eventually crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in a key test flight by a ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An ambitious plan to send payloads into space is riding on a 3D-printed rocket. The rocket scheduled to launch from Florida Wednesday looks a lot like others, but at its base ...

For a failed rocket launch, there sure was a lot of cheering. When Relativity Space, a California start-up that aims to compete against SpaceX, finally launched its Terran 1 rocket manufactured almost ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Oliver Hitchens, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of ...

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