A Firefly Alpha rocket malfunctioned during an April 29 launch, preventing a Lockheed Martin technology demonstration satellite on board from reaching orbit.

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COLORADO SPRINGS – Through government-backed lunar missions, companies are identifying customers for future flights. International space agencies, universities, companies and rideshare customers contributed about 10 percent of the money that […]

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Lunar lander companies want NASA to revise and expand its approach to buy services as Congress raises questions about NASA’s handling of VIPER.

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Firefly Aerospace says that its Blue Ghost 1 lunar lander mission has ended as expected, completing all its objectives.

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NASA says its program to use commercial spacecraft to deliver payloads to the lunar surface is working well despite just a single fully successful landing in four attempts.

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Emerging launch providers argue there is plenty of demand, but are looking to the government to back up its rhetoric for assured access to space.

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In this week's episode of Space Minds, Tony Bruno, CEO of United Launch Alliance, sits down with host Mike Gruss.

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NASA selected Firefly Aerospace to launch a trio of Earth science smallsats that will study the formation of storms.

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Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost 1 lunar landed touched down on the surface of the moon March 2.

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One commercial lunar lander has entered orbit around the moon while another, launched at the same time, made a lunar flyby to set up a later return.

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The contract, announced by the Space Systems Command Feb. 13, is for a mission dubbed Victus Sol

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A Texas state agency awarded $47.7 million in grants to five space companies to support projects like facilities and spacecraft development in the state.

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Firefly Aerospace expects to start launching its Alpha rocket from launch sites in Virginia and Sweden as soon as 2026 to avoid congestion at other sites.

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A Falcon 9 successfully launched Jan. 15 two landers built by American and Japanese companies taking different paths to the surface of the moon.

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NASA selected Firefly Aerospace for a third lunar lander mission, this one including a rover, to launch in 2028.

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Japanese lunar lander developer ispace has confirmed that its second mission will launch on the same Falcon 9 as Firefly’s first lunar lander.

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Private companies called for more support Dec. 11 to better prepare for the U.S. Space Force’s upcoming commercial reserve program, which aims to tap into their space assets during crises or emergencies.

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Firefly Aerospace says it is planning a launch of its first lunar lander mission in January, meaning that none of the three commercial lander missions once slated to launch in the fourth quarter of this year will do so.

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The LM 400 is now scheduled to launch in mid 2025 on a Firefly Alpha rocket for a demonstration mission

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Enough commercial activity is heading to the moon in the next few months to create a traffic jam. Firefly Aerospace, ispace and Intuitive Machines are all launching commercial lunar lander […]

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Firefly Aerospace has raised $175 million in a round led by a new investor to support production of launch vehicles and spacecraft with an increased focus on responsive space capabilities.

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Industry executives believe that pure-play launch companies need to diversify into other areas to survive in a demanding market that remains dominated by SpaceX.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Firefly Aerospace won a contract to launch Quicksounder, a prototype for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s next-generation of environmental satellites in low-Earth orbit. The value of […]

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Kim was most recently the chief executive of Boeing’s small satellite manufacturing subsidiary Millennium Space

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