Posts in 2019
3D Printers On Mars? One Company's Plan To Establish Manufacturing On The Red Planet
3D Printers On Mars? One Company's Plan To Establish Manufacturing On The Red Planet

Private company Relativity Space is designing and manufacturing 3D printed rockets to launch from Cape Canaveral but one day hopes to see the technology building parts on places like the moon or Mars. We'll talk with Relativity Space's Jordan Noone about the prospects of 3D printing on other worlds — and what his company is doing here on Earth to support that goal. Then, different telescopes see in different wavelengths. What's the difference between ultraviolet, infrared and microwave — and how do different wavelengths help us uncover the mysteries of the universe? We'll ask our panel of expert scientists on this week's installment of "I'd Like to Know".

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2019, NewsElliott DavisWFME
Relativity Space To Begin 3D-Printed Rocket Launches In 2021
Relativity Space To Begin 3D-Printed Rocket Launches In 2021

Relativity Space, which plans to launch satellites using entirely 3D-printed rockets, has closed a $140 million Series C funding round. The Los Angeles-based startup says it is now fully funded to begin commercial service in 2021. The Series C round was led by investment companies Bond, which has household names such as Airbnb and Facebook in its portfolio, and Tribal Capital. The round includes new investors Lee Fixel, Michael Ovitz and Spencer Roscoff, as well as actor Jared ...

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2019, NewsElliott DavisAviation Week
INVESTING IN SPACE Relativity, a company 3D printing entire rockets, raises $140 million from venture firms Bond, Tribe
INVESTING IN SPACE Relativity, a company 3D printing entire rockets, raises $140 million from venture firms Bond, Tribe

Space start-up Relativity Space just raised the money it needs to transform the rocket supply chain in the U.S. with 3D printing.

The four-year-old company in Los Angeles, Calif., said it has the funds it needs to reach orbit. Relativity announced on Tuesday it closed $140 million in new fundraising, led by Bond Capital – a fund whose partners include Mary Meeker – and recently-formed Tribe Capital. Meeker helped spin Bond out of Kleiner Perkins last year and the $1.3 billion fund’s investment in Relativity is its first in the space industry.

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2019, NewsElliott DavisCNBC
Startup that aims to 3D-print rockets says it’s fully funded for its first commercial missions
Startup that aims to 3D-print rockets says it’s fully funded for its first commercial missions

Aerospace startup Relativity Space — the company that aims to launch the first fully 3D-printed rocket to orbit — says it has raised all of the money it needs to launch its first mission and then enter commercial operations as early as 2021. After raising $140 million in its latest funding round, Relativity says its total funding now equals $185 million, which is enough money to carry the company through its first flights over the next couple of years.

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2019, NewsElliott DavisThe Verge
Relativity Space raises $140 million
Relativity Space raises $140 million

WASHINGTON — Small launch vehicle company Relativity Space announced Oct. 1 it has raised a new round of $140 million, a sign of investor confidence despite strong competition and setbacks suffered by other vehicle developers.

The company said the Series C round was led by two new investors, Bond and Tribe Capital, along with existing inevstors Playground Global, Y Combinator, Social Capital and Mark Cuban. A number of individual investors also participated, including former Disney president Michael Ovitz and entertainer Jared Leto.

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2019, NewsElliott DavisSpace News
Relativity, a new star in the space race, raises $140 million for its 3-D printed rockets
Relativity, a new star in the space race, raises $140 million for its 3-D printed rockets

With $140 million in new financing, Relativity Space is now one step closer to fulfilling its founders’ vision of making the first rockets on Mars.

Tagging along for the ride are a motley assortment of millionaires and billionaires, movie stars and media moguls that are providing the money the rocket launch services provider and manufacturer of large-scale, 3-D printers needs to achieve its goals.

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2019, NewsElliott DavisTechCrunch
Relativity’s Rocket to Launch mu Space’s LEO Satellite
Relativity’s Rocket to Launch mu Space’s LEO Satellite

Relativity, partnered with mu Space, a Thai satellite and space technology company, to launch a satellite to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) on Relativity’s Terran 1 rocket, the world’s first 3D printed rocket. Relativity’s 3D printing technology platform together with Terran 1’s flexible architecture aims to provide mu Space a faster and more reliable launch at a lower total mission cost.

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2019Guest UserVia Satellite