A rocket made almost entirely of 3D-printed parts made its debut launch Wednesday night, passing a critical milestone. But it failed after three minutes of flight, crashing into the ocean.

A rocket made almost entirely of 3D-printed parts made its launch debut, lifting off amid fanfare but failing three minutes into flight.

Small companies are producing parts for constructing rockets using 3D printing, a technology that has potential to shake up domestic manufacturing.

3D-printed rocket fails to reach orbit but still is hailed as success Relativity Space says the chief goal of Wednesday’s launch was to see if a 3D-printed rocket could withstand the turbulence ...

Update: The Terran 1 rocket was not launched on 8 March due to an issue involving the temperature of the fuel, and Relativity Space is expected to release a new launch date soon. The first 3D ...

A rocket made almost entirely of 3D parts was poised to blast off Wednesday on its debut launch. California-based Relativity Space is attempting to launch the rocket to orbit from a former missile ...

The first-ever 3D-printed rocket was scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Center on Wednesday night, but was scrubbed less than an hour before launch.

A rocket made almost entirely of 3D parts was poised to blast off Wednesday on its debut launch. California-based Relativity Space is attempting to launch the rocket to orbit from a former missile ...

A rocket made almost entirely of 3D parts was poised to blast off Wednesday on its debut launch.California-based Relativity Space is attempting to launch the rocket to orbit from a former missile ...

A rocket made almost entirely of 3D parts was poised to blast off Wednesday on its debut launch.California-based Relativity Space is attempting to launch the rocket to orbit from a former missile ...

A rocket made almost entirely of 3D parts was poised to blast off Wednesday on its debut launch.California-based Relativity Space is attempting to launch the rocket to orbit from a former missile ...

Relativity Space said its rocket is the largest 3D-printed object to attempt a launch.