Terran R is a shift from the company’s first rocket, Terran 1. That vehicle was 85% built using wire arc additive design, which is very similar to 3D printing but with metallic alloys.

With much of the design review over, Relativity announced Monday it had already begun production of what will be the first Terran R rocket. “We have all the elements to make Terran R a ...

By utilizing 3D-printed materials, the hope is that Relativity can cut costs for missions exorbitantly, which could help its Terran R rocket lead the first commercial mission to Mars. The real ...

The company started with the small Terran 1 rocket but, in that Series D, announced plans for the larger, fully reusable Falcon 9-class Terran R. Relativity launched the Terran 1 once, in March ...

On Monday, Relativity also released a nearly 45-minute video that outlines the development of the Terran R rocket to date and the lengths to which it must go to reach the launch pad. Tellingly ...

It retired the small rocket seen here in this 2022 file photo in favor of a larger Terran R design that aims to launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex 16 by late 2026.