NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Impulse Space's Mars Mission

Launch Time
NET October, 2026
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Rocket

Terran R
Image Credit: Relativy Space
Relativity Space
Status: Planned
Liftoff Thrust: 14,919 kN
Payload to LEO: 33,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 5,500 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 82.3 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.5 m

Mission Details

Impulse Space's Mars Mission

The integrated Cruise Vehicle, Entry Capsule, and Mars Lander developed by Impulse Space will launch in 2026 on the Relativity Terran R launch vehicle. After traveling through interplanetary space for over half a year, the Cruise Vehicle will inject the Entry Capsule into the correct landing trajectory and detach. The Entry Capsule will use the proven combination of heatshield and parachute to slow down enough to safely deploy the Mars Lander into freefall. The lander will then perform a propulsive landing using purpose-built engines developed in-house at Impulse Space, completing the first commercial payload delivery to the surface of another planet.

Heliocentric Orbit

Location

LC-16, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA