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Firefly Aerospace and SSC Space Meet Next Critical Milestone for Orbital Launch from Esrange Space Center
9+ hour, 8+ min ago (227+ words) With key infrastructure and agreements in place, the companies progress pad construction at Launch Complex 3 C for Firefly's Alpha rocket Key infrastructure development to date includes completing the launch control center, payload processing facility, launch vehicle integration building, tracking and…...
Firefly Aerospace Awarded $144 Million NASA CLPS Contract for Accelerated Blue Ghost Lunar Mission
1+ hour, 32+ min ago (806+ words) Firefly Aerospace Cedar Park, Texas, June 30, 2026 " Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading space and defense technology company, today announced a $144 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract to deliver a rapid mission to the Moon with Firefly's Blue…...
Firefly Aerospace Acquires Space-ng to Advance Future of Autonomous Space Operations
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (195+ words) Space-ng's vision navigation system utilized during Blue Ghost Mission 1 strengthens Firefly's capabilities to enable repeatable missions to the Moon and beyond Space-ng's vision navigation software was utilized during Firefly's historic Blue Ghost Mission 1 to determine position and attitude, detect hazardous…...
Firefly Aerospace Wins $75 Million NASA JPL Moon Fall Subcontract to Deliver Drones to the Moon's South Pole
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (205+ words) Firefly's Elytra spacecraft will deliver four drones above the lunar south pole to support NASA's Moon Fall mission and the agency's Moon Base initiatives JPL is building the drones and managing the mission for NASA, which will source the launch…...
Firefly Aerospace Enables On-Orbit Processing for Moon Imaging Service with NVIDIA Jetson
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (509+ words) Firefly Aerospace Firefly's AI software will run on NVIDIA Jetson module onboard Elytra spacecraft in lunar orbit to enable faster data-driven insights from the Moon CEDAR PARK, Texas, April 8, 2026 " Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading space and defense technology…...
Firefly Aerospace Supports U. S. Space Force VICTUS DIEM Exercise
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (164+ words) VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif, March 25, 2026 " Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market-leading space and defense technology company, today announced it supported Lockheed Martin in two responsive space exercises for the U. S. Space Force as part of the VICTUS DIEM mission. The…...
Firefly Aerospace Successfully Launches Alpha Flight 7
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (507+ words) Firefly Aerospace Stairway to Seven mission tested and validated key Alpha Block II upgrades ahead of Flight 8 VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif, March 11, 2026 " Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading space and defense technology company, today announced the successful launch…...
Firefly Aerospace Announces Alpha Block II Configuration Upgrade for Flight 8
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (276+ words) Block II upgrade designed to increase reliability and expand Alpha's capability to support responsive launches across the globe; Qualification testing underway for Block II second stage hardware for Alpha Flight 8 at Firefly's Rocket Ranch in Briggs, Texas Cedar Park, Texas,…...