3D-printed rocket fails just after launch

Relativity Space’s Terran 1 rocket launches from Launch Complex 16 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station late Wednesday, March 22, 2023. The rocket is made almost entirely of 3D-printed parts. (MALCOLM DENEMARK/Florida Today via AP)
Relativity Space’s Terran 1 rocket launches from Launch Complex 16 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station late Wednesday, March 22, 2023. The rocket is made almost entirely of 3D-printed parts. (MALCOLM DENEMARK/Florida Today via AP)

CAPE CANAVERAL  — A rocket made almost entirely of 3D-printed parts made its launch debut Wednesday night, lifting off amid fanfare but failing three minutes into flight — far short of orbit.

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