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PHOTOS: Inside 3D rocket printing company Relativity Space's headquarters

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Relativity Space CTO Jordan Noone stands in front of a 3D printer known as Stargate 2.0. The printers can be elevated to print taller rocket parts and are only limited by the size of the building. (Image: Emilee Speck/WKMG)
A robotic engineer operates Stargate, Relativity Space's giant 3D printer. Using this technology the company says it can produce a Terran 1 rocket in under two months. (Image: Emilee Speck/WKMG)
Eliane Fu, a material specialist at Relativity Space, specializes in 3D printing also known as additive manufacturing. (Image: Emilee Speck/WKMG)
Among the first rocket parts produced using Stargate, Relativity Space's giant 3D printer. (Image: Emilee Speck/WKMG)
Robotic engineers operate a 3D rocket printer at Relatvity Space headquarters in California. The company can produce a Terran 1 rocket in under two months using 3D printing. (Image: Emilee Speck/WKMG)
David Giger and an employee look at a 3D printed rocket part at Relativity Space in Inglewood, Cali. (Image: Emilee Speck/WKMG)
Relativity Space co-founder Jordan Noone near a 3D printer known as Stargte 2.0. (Image: Emilee Speck/WKMG)
Relativity Space staff in front of a 3D printed rocket tank at the company's Inglewood, Cali. headquarters. (Image: Emilee Speck/WKMG)
Relativity Space co-founder Jordan Noone next to a 3D printed Aeon rocket engine at the company's headquarters on June 10, 2019. (Image: Emilee Speck/WKMG)
Relativity Space senior raw material supply engineer Eliana Fu holds up a tiny version of one of the 3D printers the company uses to print its Terran 1 rocket. (Image: Emilee Speck/WKMG)
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A rendering of Relativity's 3D rocket printing facility at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. (Image: Relativity Space)

Relativity Space CTO Jordan Noone stands in front of a 3D printer known as Stargate 2.0. The printers can be elevated to print taller rocket parts and are only limited by the size of the building. (Image: Emilee Speck/WKMG)