Firefly Aerospace is now four weeks into their first mission to the Moon—Blue Ghost recently completed its Trans Lunar Injection (TLI) to escape Earth’s orbit and is now in transit […]
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Firefly Aerospace Awarded $8.2 Million Texas Space Commission Grant to Expand Spacecraft Facility
Firefly Aerospace, provider in end-to-end responsive space services, announced that it has been awarded an $8.2 million grant from the Texas Space Commission (TSC) to expand its spacecraft manufacturing capabilities […]
SpaceX sends Firefly’s Blue Ghost and ispace’s RESILIENCE lunar landers on mission to the Moon
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 […]
SpaceX to send Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 to the moon on Wednesday
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 […]
Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar mission to launch via a Falcon 9 on January 15th from Canaveral
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 […]
Firefly awarded million$$$ NASA contract for Moon delivery to Gruithuisen Domes
Firefly Aerospace, Inc. has been awarded an approximately $179.6 million NASA contract to deliver and operate six NASA instruments in the Gruithuisen Domes on the Moon’s near side in 2028. […]
Lockheed Martin’s newest tech demo for space connectivity is ready for launch
Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] newest technology demonstration, called the Tactical Satellite (TacSat), is complete and ready for launch in 2025 aboard a Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket. TacSat is an intelligence, surveillance […]
Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost Mission 1 to the Moon readies for launch
Firefly Aerospace has completed the environmental testing on Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander ahead of the first mission to the Moon in support of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) […]
Lockheed Martin’s LM 400 tech demo is set to launch in 2025
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) has announced continued investment in its technology demonstrations with the upcoming launch of the LM 400, a new, mid-sized, common, multi-mission space vehicle. The LM 400 has […]
Firefly Aerospace closes million$$$ oversubscribed Series D capital
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, […]