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Both the second and third Blue Ghost missions will use Firefly Aerospace’s Elytra Dark orbital transfer vehicle to deliver the landers to lunar orbit, and those Elytra Dark vehicles will remain in lunar orbit to provide communications services.
The awarded $179,600,000 CLPS task order to Firefly Aerospace is among the largest CLPS task orders to date, behind only the award to Astrobotic for its Griffin lander.
The mission will use Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander to deliver six payloads to the moon for imaging, spectroscopy, other observations, and sampling lunar regolith.
Firefly’s second lunar mission is scheduled to launch in 2026 using a two-stage spacecraft configuration with the Blue Ghost lander stacked on Elytra Dark to support payload operations on the far side of the Moon and in lunar orbit.
Firefly’s second lunar mission is scheduled to launch in 2026 using a two-stage spacecraft configuration with the Blue Ghost lander stacked on Elytra Dark to support payload operations on the far side of the Moon and in lunar orbit.
Firefly Aerospace was awarded an approximately $179,600,000 NASA contract to deliver and operate six NASA instruments in the Gruithuisen Domes on the Moon’s near side in 2028.
Firefly Aerospace was awarded an approximately $179,600,000 NASA contract to deliver and operate six NASA instruments in the Gruithuisen Domes on the Moon’s near side in 2028 as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.
ispace Mission 2 will launch to the Moon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket alongside Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 during a six-day window that opens no earlier than mid-January 2025.
Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander will separate first from the Falcon 9, after which the Falcon 9 upper stage will perform another burn and then ispace’s Resilience lander will be deployed.
The documentary illustrates the enthusiasm and creativity around the possibilities of alcohol in spaceflight.
The documentary Alcohol in Space explores the interest in drinking and making alcohol in spaceflight.
The Long March 2D rocket for the 2024-12-12 launch was provided by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology under CASC.
Jason Kim, CEO of Firefly Aerospace, recommended small study contracts for commercial space businesses to help prioritize collaborative efforts.
Fleet is developing a 600-gram version of its sensor to join Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander mission to the far side of the moon in 2026.
SPIDER is planned to remain tethered to Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander during a 14-day mission on the far side of the moon in 2026.
Orbite partnered with French hospitality group Accor on 2024-12-05 to develop and operate the original Spaceflight Gateway campus in Florida.
With the latest investment, Orbite intends to fund early development of its planned Spaceflight Gateway campus in Florida.
Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket is designed to launch up to 1,000 kg to low Earth orbit.
Lockheed Martin will launch the Tactical Satellite (TacSat) aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket in 2025.
The organization changed its name to the Commercial Spaceflight Federation in 2009 to expand its focus beyond private human spaceflight.