Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY) has received a $10 million contract addendum under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative for acquisition of additional science and operational data collected beyond the […]
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Firefly’s award of $177 Million from NASA for mission to the Moon’s South Pole
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 […]
Vulcan Wireless assists U.S. return to the Moon after 52 years with record-breaking lunar communications on Blue Ghost Mission 1
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 […]
Firefly Aerospace is “over the Moon” as the first commercial company to successfully land on the Moon
Firefly Aerospace, the leader in end-to-end responsive space services, today announced its Blue Ghost lunar lander softly touched down on the Moon’s surface in an upright, stable configuration on the […]
Firefly awarded million$$$ NASA contract for Moon delivery to Gruithuisen Domes
Firefly Aerospace, Inc. has been awarded an approximately $179.6 million NASA contract to deliver and operate six NASA instruments in the Gruithuisen Domes on the Moon’s near side in 2028. […]
NASA ends VIPER project, continues Moon exploration
Following a comprehensive internal review, NASA announced Wednesday its intent to discontinue development of its VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) project. NASA stated cost increases, delays to the launch […]
NASA tech contributes to soft Moon landing, agency science underway
For the first time in more than 50 years, new NASA science instruments and technology demonstrations are operating on the Moon following the first successful delivery of the agency’s CLPS […]
NASA invites public to send names to the moon aboard Artemis Robotic Moon Rover
NASA is inviting people to send their names to the surface of the Moon aboard the agency’s first robotic lunar rover, VIPER — short for Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover. […]
Acoustic Research Systems to provide direct field acoustic testing services for VIPER mission
The Acoustic Research Systems (ARS) NEUTRON system will put NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) through a series of extremely high-power acoustic tests at NASA’s Johnson Space Center prior […]
Firefly Aerospace completes lander structure before NASA’s Moon landing
Firefly Aerospace has completed the development and assembly of its Blue Ghost lander structure and fluid systems, a critical milestone for Firefly’s first lunar mission slated to land on the […]