NASA Picks Eric Schmidt's Relativity Space for 2028 Aeolus Mars Mission
NASA partners with Eric Schmidt's Relativity Space for a 2028 Mars mission, marking a key step in public-private space exploration.
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Eric Emerson Schmidt is an American businessman and former computer engineer who was the chief executive officer of Google from 2001 to 2011 and the company's executive chairman from 2011 to 2015. He also was the executive chairman of parent company Alphabet Inc. from 2015 to 2017, and technical advisor at Alphabet from 2017 to 2020. Since 2025, he has been the CEO of Relativity Space, an aerospace manufacturing company. As of 2026, he is one of the wealthiest people in the world according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index with an estimated net worth of US$64.3 billion.
Eric Schmidt is the CEO of Google LLC.
NASA partners with Eric Schmidt's Relativity Space for a 2028 Mars mission, marking a key step in public-private space exploration.
VTechX HubHe also was the executive chairman of parent company Alphabet Inc.
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