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Firefly Aerospace

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commercialFounded 2013
United States
www.fireflyspace.com
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One of the three finalists for the 2023 Commercial Space Achievement award is a company working in human spaceflight.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralNov 10, 2023SpaceNews 2023 Icon Awards honorees: Commercial Space Achievement of the Year

Firefly Aerospace closed another tranche of financing that valued the company at $1,500,000,000 pre-money on 2023-11-10.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative FinancialNov 10, 2023Firefly Aerospace Closes Third Tranche of Series C Round, Reaching Approximately $300 Million of Financing to Date

The geophysical device that Fleet will deploy on the Moon via Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander is called the Seismic Payload for Interplanetary Discovery, Exploration and Research (SPIDER).

Mentioned as: FireflyOrg RelationshipNov 9, 2023Fleet’s Lunar Seismic Technology Heads to the Moon on Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lander

Firefly completed the preliminary design review for Blue Ghost Mission 2 less than six months after receiving its NASA CLPS award.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralNov 9, 2023Firefly Aerospace Partners with Fleet Space to Deliver Seismic Payload to the Moon's Far Side

In addition to SPIDER, Firefly's second lunar mission will deliver the European Space Agency's Lunar Pathfinder satellite to lunar orbit.

Mentioned as: FireflyOrg RelationshipNov 9, 2023Firefly Aerospace Partners with Fleet Space to Deliver Seismic Payload to the Moon's Far Side

Firefly completed the preliminary design review for Blue Ghost Mission 2 less than six months after receiving its NASA CLPS award.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralNov 8, 2023Firefly Aerospace Announces Agreement with Fleet Space to Deliver Seismic Payload to Far Side of the Moon

Virgin Galactic reported $1,700,000 in revenue in the third quarter of 2023 from spaceflight and membership fees and projects $3,000,000 in revenue in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative FinancialNov 8, 2023Virgin Galactic to halt Unity suborbital flights by mid-2024

Firefly’s second lunar mission will deliver the European Space Agency’s Lunar Pathfinder satellite to lunar orbit.

Mentioned as: FireflyOrg RelationshipNov 8, 2023Firefly Aerospace Announces Agreement with Fleet Space to Deliver Seismic Payload to Far Side of the Moon

The team on Galactic 05 included six crew members who shared a common spaceflight experience.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralNov 4, 2023My suborbital life, part 8: Welcome to space!

Virgin Galactic completed its sixth and final suborbital spaceflight of 2023 on 2023-11-02 carrying two researchers and a private astronaut.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralNov 3, 2023A new twist in UK’s space strategy, UK’s Space Strategy, FAA’s Starship update, and Northrop Grumman’s big SDA contract

Alan Stern is a former board chair of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralNov 2, 2023My suborbital life, part 7: Of risk and reward

Virgin Galactic completed its sixth and final suborbital spaceflight of the year on 2023-11-02.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralNov 2, 2023Virgin Galactic carries researchers on fifth commercial suborbital flight

Alan Stern was the former board chair of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralNov 1, 2023My suborbital life, part 6: Anticipation

Alan Stern will fly on Virgin Galactic’s Unity spacecraft on Thursday for his rookie spaceflight.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralNov 1, 2023My suborbital life, part 6: Anticipation

Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) announced the first spaceflight mission for its in-space pharmaceutical manufacturing platform PIL-BOX on 2023-10-30.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipOct 30, 2023Redwire Announces First Spaceflight Mission for New Cutting-Edge Pharmaceutical Drug Development Lab, Partnering with Eli Lilly and Company to Expand Space Research to Study Heart Disease and Diabetes

Axiom Space provides expertise to help nations and organizations build human spaceflight programs and develop astronaut selection processes.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralOct 30, 2023Axiom Space and UK Space Agency Sign Agreement for Future Human Spaceflight Missions

Alan Stern is a former board chair of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralOct 28, 2023My suborbital life, part 4: My research spaceflight training countdown to launch

Alan Stern was a former board chair of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralOct 27, 2023My suborbital life, part 3: The suborbital revolution is here

China plans to select astronauts for its planned crewed lunar mission before 2030 from candidates with prior spaceflight experience.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralOct 26, 2023Shenzhou-17 crew arrives at Tiangong space station

China approved a plan to develop human spaceflight capabilities in 1992 with the ultimate aim of constructing a modular space station.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralOct 26, 2023Shenzhou-17 crew arrives at Tiangong space station
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