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Blue Ghost Mission

Firefly’s award of $177 Million from NASA for mission to the Moon’s South Pole

August 6, 2025

Firefly Aerospace, a market leading space and defense technology company, was awarded a $176.7 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract to deliver five NASA-sponsored payloads to the Moon’s south […]

Filed Under: BLue Ghost Lunar Lander (Firefly), Blue Ghost Mission, Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), Elytra Dark Orbital Vehicle (Firefly), Elytra Orbital Vehicle, Elytra spacecraft (Firefly), Firefly Aerospace, Mission Payloads, Moon, NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), Payloads, Propulsion Systems, Spacecraft, Thermal

Firefly Aerospace adds UAE’s Rashid 2 Rover to Blue Ghost mission to the far side of the moon

May 27, 2025

Firefly Aerospace has a new agreement with the United Arab Emirates’ Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) to deliver the Emirates Lunar Mission’s Rashid 2 Rover to the far side […]

Filed Under: BLue Ghost Lunar Lander (Firefly), Blue Ghost Mission, Elytra spacecraft (Firefly), Firefly Aerospace, Fleet Space, Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), Moon, Moon Mission, NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), News, Rashid 2 Rover (MBRSC)

Firefly Aerospace completes 14 days of surface operations on the Moon

March 17, 2025

All 10 NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) instruments successfully operated on the lunar surface and collected their science data during Blue Ghost Mission 1 Firefly Aerospace has met 100 percent […]

Filed Under: Advanced Payloads, BLue Ghost Lunar Lander (Firefly), Blue Ghost Mission, Firefly Aerospace, Moon, Moon Mission, Moon-to-Earth Comms, News, Payloads, Scientific Payloads Tagged With: Featured

Vulcan Wireless assists U.S. return to the Moon after 52 years with record-breaking lunar communications on Blue Ghost Mission 1

March 3, 2025

Vulcan Wireless assists the United States returning to the Moon after 52 years! Vulcan Wireless played a critical role in the successful lunar landing and operation of Blue Ghost Mission […]

Filed Under: Antennas, Antennas / Terminals, Artemis, BLue Ghost Lunar Lander (Firefly), Blue Ghost Mission, Business Moves, CCSDS, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Cislunar, Commercial, Commercial Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Development program (CLDP), Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), Comms, DVB-S2, Firefly Aerospace, Ground Stations, Lunar, Lunar Lander, Milestone, Moon, Orbital, Radios, S-Band, SWaP, Swedish Space Corp., Swedish Space Corp. (SSC), Telemetry, Vulcan, Waveforms, X-Band

Firefly Aerospace, just 4 days from Moon landing, shows Blue Ghost – low lunar orbit Moon footage

February 26, 2025

Firefly Aerospace is now less than 4 days from landing on the Moon and just released more footage captured during Blue Ghost’s third lunar orbit maneuver on February 24 that […]

Filed Under: BLue Ghost Lunar Lander (Firefly), Blue Ghost Mission, Engines / Thrusters, Lunar Orbit, Moon, Solar Eclipse, Subsystems Tagged With: Featured

SpaceX sends Firefly’s Blue Ghost and ispace’s RESILIENCE lunar landers on mission to the Moon

January 15, 2025

On Wednesday, January 15 at 1:11 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Also […]

Filed Under: Biological & Scientic Experiments On-Orbit, BLue Ghost Lunar Lander (Firefly), Blue Ghost Mission, Experiments, Firefly Aerospace, ispace, ispace [Japan], Kennedy Space Center, Launch Complex 39A (Kennedy Space Center), Lunar Lander, Mission Payloads, Moon, Regolith, Science Experiments, SpaceX Tagged With: Featured

SpaceX to send Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 to the moon on Wednesday

January 14, 2025

SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, January 15 for Falcon 9’s launch of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 to the Moon from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) in Florida. Also on board […]

Filed Under: Artemis, BLue Ghost Lunar Lander (Firefly), Blue Ghost Mission, Firefly Aerospace, ispace, NASA, NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), Payloads, Space Weather, SpaceX

Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar mission to launch via a Falcon 9 on January 15th from Canaveral

January 9, 2025

Firefly’s first Blue Ghost mission, named Ghost Riders in the Sky, will deliver 10 science and technology instruments to the lunar surface as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services […]

Filed Under: Agencies, BLue Ghost Lunar Lander (Firefly), Blue Ghost Mission, Falcon 9, Firefly Aerospace, Ghost Riders in the Sky Mission (Firefly), Kennedy Space Center, Launch Complex 39A (Kennedy Space Center), Lunar Lander, Moon, NASA, NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), News, SpaceX, Upcoming Launch Tagged With: Featured

Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost Mission 1 to the Moon readies for launch

November 26, 2024

Firefly Aerospace has completed the environmental testing on Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander ahead of the first mission to the Moon in support of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) […]

Filed Under: Blue Ghost Mission, Cape Canaveral SFS, Environmental Testing, Falcon 9, Firefly Aerospace, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA), Lunar Lander, Moon, News, SpaceX

Firefly Aerospace closes million$$$ oversubscribed Series D capital

November 12, 2024

Firefly Aerospace has closed an oversubscribed $175 million Series D round at a valuation of more than $2 billion. The Series D round was led by new investor, RPM Ventures, […]

Filed Under: Blue Ghost Mission, Firefly Aerospace, Moon, RPM Ventures, Series D Funding Round

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