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Firefly Aerospace

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commercialFounded 2013
United States
www.fireflyspace.com
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Brett Alexander, chief revenue officer at Firefly Aerospace, stated that there are no major concerns about the FAA's regulation implementation.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNoiseSep 12, 2024FAA defends Starship licensing delays

Polaris Dawn planned to conduct 36 research studies and experiments from 31 partner institutions designed to advance human health on Earth and during long-duration spaceflight.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralSep 10, 2024SpaceX’s Success at last as Polaris Dawn soars to the highest orbit with humans since the Apollo 17

If Boeing's Starliner flight is not designated as a completed mission, the costs incurred may lead Boeing to exit the spaceflight market.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralSep 9, 2024NASA and safety: more is better

Losing one flight option would leave NASA and the commercial human spaceflight market dependent on a single option.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralSep 9, 2024NASA and safety: more is better

The Yaogan-43 (02) satellites were developed by CASC’s Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST).

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralSep 3, 2024China launches new set of classified Yaogan-43 satellites

Blue Origin completed its eighth human spaceflight and the 26th flight of the New Shepard program on Thursday, 2024-08-29.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralAug 29, 2024Blue Origin’s NS-26 mission’s “cleanest flight”

Task order CP-22 was the first landing mission selected by NASA under the CLPS program since March 2023, when NASA awarded a task order to Firefly Aerospace for a landing on the lunar farside.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipAug 29, 2024NASA selects Intuitive Machines for south pole lunar lander mission

Firefly Aerospace plans to land its Blue Ghost lunar lander on the Moon in 2024.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative PlanAug 29, 2024Firefly Aerospace Names Jason Kim as New Chief Executive Officer

Millennium Space produced a satellite for the Victus Nox mission that launched aboard a Firefly Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California in September 2023.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipAug 29, 2024Firefly names space industry veteran Jason Kim as new CEO

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander arrived at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for environmental testing ahead of a launch planned for the fourth quarter of 2024.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipAug 29, 2024NASA selects Intuitive Machines for south pole lunar lander mission

Firefly Aerospace plans to continue launching its Alpha rocket in 2024.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipAug 29, 2024Firefly Aerospace Names Jason Kim as New Chief Executive Officer

Jason Kim will become Chief Executive Officer of Firefly Aerospace effective 2024-10-01.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceTechnical ProductAug 29, 2024Firefly Aerospace Names Jason Kim as New Chief Executive Officer

Firefly Aerospace and Millennium Space collaborated on the U.S. Space Force’s Victus Nox mission in 2023.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralAug 29, 2024Firefly names space industry veteran Jason Kim as new CEO

Blue Origin flew six people on a New Shepard suborbital spaceflight designated NS-26 on 2024-08-29.

Mentioned as: spaceflightNarrative GeneralAug 29, 2024Blue Origin flies NASA-funded scientist and space tourists on New Shepard suborbital flight

Firefly Aerospace plans to orbit its Elytra vehicle in 2024.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative PlanAug 29, 2024Firefly Aerospace Names Jason Kim as New Chief Executive Officer

The United States enacted the Commercial Space Launch Act to govern private spaceflight.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralAug 19, 2024Galactic governance: From the Outer Space Treaty to modern regulations

Human spaceflight is at the core of global collaboration and cooperation demonstrated by the ISS.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralAug 12, 2024The case for an International Space Artifacts Museum

Firefly’s Alpha rocket will launch L3Harris spacecraft into low Earth orbit from Firefly’s SLC-2 launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipAug 7, 2024Firefly Aerospace Announces Second Multi-Launch Agreement with L3Harris for up to 20 Alpha Launches

Firefly Aerospace expanded its Briggs, Texas facility and installed a new automated fiber placement machine to rapidly build and test Alpha’s carbon composite structures in days rather than weeks.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceTechnical ProductAug 7, 2024Firefly Aerospace Announces Second Multi-Launch Agreement with L3Harris for up to 20 Alpha Launches

Firefly Aerospace successfully launched a set of NASA-sponsored cubesats on its Alpha rocket two weeks before the 2024-07-17 leadership change.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJul 18, 2024Firefly CEO leaves company
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