Firefly Aerospace kicks off first moon mission after SpaceX launch
The lander of Texas-based rocket and spacecraft builder Firefly Aerospace has begun a 45-day trip to the moon.
Two lunar landers are on the way to the Moon after SpaceX’s double moonshot
Blue Ghost's final descent to the Moon is tentatively scheduled for March 2. The target landing site is in Mare Crisium, an ...
Firefly looks to punch NASA moon ticket with overnight SpaceX launch
A SpaceX mission set to lift off overnight marks a first for Firefly Aerospace under NASA's plans to build up American ...
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NASA Set to Launch a Blue Ghost to the Moon
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander will fly a 60-day mission to deliver a suite of NASA science equipment to the ...
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Blue Ghost Mission 1 will send the first U.S. lander to Mare Crisium
With 10 instruments and technology tests, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander is part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload ...
Annual power ranking of US launch companies finds a shake-up at the bottom
Once again, we're back with our annual power ranking of US launch companies. 2024 was the third year Ars compiled a list of ...
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Blue Ghost Mission 1 will send the first U.S. lander to Mare Crisium
One of those firms is Firefly Aerospace. Headquartered in Cedar Park, Texas, it was founded in 2017 and began flying its Firefly Alpha orbital rockets in 2021. It is also building the first stage ...
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Valley native is working on Firefly Aerospace's mission to the moon
Now he's senior mission operations engineer for Firefly Aerospace's uncrewed Blue Ghost ... own Medium Launch Vehicle (in addition to its Alpha rocket) capable of carrying spacecraft such as ...
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Google Is Funding a Space Startup -- But I Wouldn't Even Think About Investing In It
But Firefly Aerospace failed -- spectacularly -- to ... the FAA would not grant Firefly a license to launch its Alpha rocket. (By this point, Polyakov had invested $200 million in funding ...