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Firefly Aerospace

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commercialFounded 2013
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www.fireflyspace.com
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The second Firefly lander will carry the UAE's Rashid 2 rover to the Moon's farside.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralAug 4, 2025Moon Monday #236: A third orbiter-lander-rover trio to fire-and-fly

The 2014 film Interstellar uses the tagline "Mankind was born on Earth, it was never meant to die here" and depicts spaceflight amid an environmentally devastated Earth.

Mentioned as: spaceflightNarrative GeneralAug 4, 2025Where is the dream?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi set a goal on August 15, 2018, from the Red Fort for India to launch its first human spaceflight mission on India’s 75th Independence Day in 2022.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJul 28, 2025Mission Gaganyaan: optimism and criticism

Discussion about India’s human spaceflight mission began about a decade ago and gained strength by 2017–18.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJul 28, 2025Mission Gaganyaan: optimism and criticism

Discussion about India’s first human spaceflight mission began about a decade before 2018 and gained strength by 2017–18.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJul 28, 2025Mission Gaganyaan: optimism and criticism

Space debris poses a danger to satellites and astronautical spaceflight.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJul 15, 2025Mit Plasmastrahl in einen Friedhofsorbit

Salsabil Houij from Tunisia has been selected for a 2029 suborbital mission, representing Arab representation in human spaceflight.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJul 14, 2025Middle East Space Roundup: 7 to 13 July 2025

Spaceflight Now and NASASpaceflight remain essentially free to access.

Mentioned as: spaceflight nowNarrative GeneralJul 4, 2025On SpaceNews going paywalled, and the broader disregard for archiving in journalism

Slick-2 is now used by Firefly Aerospace.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJun 30, 2025Guardians on the West Coast: The Space and Missile Technology Center and Vandenberg museum

Firefly Aerospace currently uses the former SLC-2 pad at Vandenberg.

Mentioned as: firefly aerospaceNarrative GeneralJun 30, 2025Guardians on the West Coast: The Space and Missile Technology Center and Vandenberg museum

ESA has signed an agreement with India to cooperate on human spaceflight.

Mentioned as: spaceflightOrg RelationshipJun 16, 2025How NASA’s proposed budget cuts are felt across the Atlantic

Firefly’s first Moon lander as part of NASA’s CLPS program demonstrated a GPS lock on the Moon.

Mentioned as: fireflyNarrative GeneralJun 16, 2025Moon Monday #229: China extends lead in lunar orbital infrastructure, gets an edge in future crewed missions over the US

Senator Ted Cruz plans to seek an additional $10 billion for NASA's human spaceflight in a budget reconciliation bill.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative PlanJun 16, 2025How NASA’s proposed budget cuts are felt across the Atlantic

India’s Chandrayaan 3 began its descent from 30 kilometers altitude, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost began from 20 kilometers altitude, and JAXA’s SLIM began from 15 kilometers altitude.

Mentioned as: firefly aerospaceNarrative GeneralJun 9, 2025Moon Monday #228: The need for resilience in private lunar landing missions through expansive and collaborative testing

ispace plans to begin RESILIENCE's descent to the lunar surface from its current circular orbit at approximately 100 kilometers altitude, which is higher than Chandrayaan-3's 30-kilometer and Firefly's Blue Ghost 20-kilometer descent start altitudes.

Mentioned as: FireflyTechnical ProductJun 2, 2025Moon Monday #227: Proposed cuts, cancellations, continuations, and changes to NASA’s lunar missions

Firefly won an extended $18 million contract from NASA for Elytra Dark to provide communications and radio frequency calibration services for LuSEE-Night.

Mentioned as: FireflyOrg RelationshipMay 26, 2025Moon Monday #226: Blue Origin aims to launch its first two Moon missions by next year—with nearly no NASA payloads

Firefly aims to deliver an orbiter and surface payloads to the Moon in 2026 with Blue Ghost 2.

Mentioned as: FireflyTechnical ProductMay 26, 2025Moon Monday #226: Blue Origin aims to launch its first two Moon missions by next year—with nearly no NASA payloads

The second SCALPPS payload flew on Firefly’s first Moon lander Blue Ghost earlier this year and captured close-up images of the lunar surface while thruster plumes kicked up regolith.

Mentioned as: FireflyTechnical ProductMay 26, 2025Moon Monday #226: Blue Origin aims to launch its first two Moon missions by next year—with nearly no NASA payloads

Firefly and the UAE space agency MBRSC selected Firefly’s second Blue Ghost lander to carry the UAE’s second Rashid rover to the Moon.

Mentioned as: FireflyOrg RelationshipMay 26, 2025Moon Monday #226: Blue Origin aims to launch its first two Moon missions by next year—with nearly no NASA payloads

More than $7 billion is still allocated for human spaceflight programs.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative FinancialMay 7, 2025Aus für das Artemis-Mondprogramm?
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