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national | tech | Google News: U.S. | June 19, 2026 9:00 PM
A private company will build and launch NASA's next Mars orbiter in 2028 — and it's not SpaceX
A private company will build and launch NASA's next Mars orbiter in 2028 — and it's not SpaceX Space NASA Announces Public-Private Partnership to Advance Mars Science NASA (.gov) NASA selects Eric Schmidt’s rocket company for a 2028 mission to Mars The Verge Relativity Space to privately develop Mars orbiter mission SpaceNews NASA picks Eric Schmidt’s rocket company for Mars mission, setting up a race with SpaceX TechCrunch
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