Firefly Aerospace

commercialFounded 2013

United States

www.fireflyspace.com

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Firefly Aerospace completed a separation test for Blue Ghost Mission 2.

Mentioned as: firefly aerospaceNarrative GeneralApr 2, 2026RT by @GewoonLukas_: Separation test complete for Blue Ghost Mission 2! This test demonstrated the mechanisms on Elytra that release our Dual Payload Attach Fitting and enable the deployment of @esa’s Lunar Pathfinder satellite into lunar orbit following separation of Blue Ghost. More on our next… pic.

Russia will have no crewed spaceflight capability for more than two years.

Mentioned as: spaceflightNarrative CapabilityMar 22, 2026"Russia will have no manned space ability for 2+ years" The launch date of the next manned launch (Soyuz MS-29) hasn't even changed 8/

China’s human spaceflight agency said Shenzhou-21 astronauts Zhang Lu and Wu Fei completed a 7-hour extravehicular activity at 1135 UTC on March 16, 2026.

Mentioned as: spaceflightNarrative GeneralMar 16, 2026Didn't see the usual day-or-two-before heads-up for this, but China's human spaceflight agency announced Shenzhou-21 astronauts Zhang Lu & Wu Fei completed a 7-hour EVA at 1135 UTC today. The usual installation of debris protection devices among the tasks.

Alpha Flight 7 marked Firefly Aerospace's return to flight following a five-month stand-down.

Mentioned as: firefly aerospaceNarrative GeneralMar 12, 2026Firefly Aerospace Returns to Flight with Successful “Stairway to Seven” Mission

Attendees at the Tectonic Defense Summit watched Flight 7 on a 40-foot screen alongside former Firefly staff, including two cofounders.

Mentioned as: fireflyNarrative GeneralMar 12, 2026Firefly’s Alpha Rocket Reaches Orbit

Alpha Flight 7's success validates Firefly Aerospace's improved reliability protocols and paves the way for the full Block II upgrade.

Mentioned as: firefly aerospaceNarrative CapabilityMar 12, 2026Firefly Aerospace Returns to Flight with Successful “Stairway to Seven” Mission

Firefly Space launched a satellite into a highly retrograde orbit.

Mentioned as: firefly spaceNarrative GeneralMar 12, 2026If you think satellites in highly retrograde orbit are weird, hold on to that feeling because here’s another right after Firefly Space did one! Another SW bound launch from Taiyuan SLC popped up on March 15 ~13:20 UTC, w/ drop zone fitting one used by LM-6A/YG-50-01 in January.

Firefly completed a successful test flight.

Mentioned as: fireflyNarrative PlanMar 12, 2026Hopefully Firefly can build on this successful test flight and get a cadence going with Alpha Block II starting with FLTA008. There's a lot of demand for Alpha for missions like VICTUS HAZE, QuickSounder, and several technology demonstrations (such as TacSat) for Lockheed Martin.

NASA’s annual ISS operations spending represents nearly a third of NASA’s human spaceflight budget.

Mentioned as: spaceflightNarrative FinancialMar 12, 2026Saying Goodbye to the ISS, and Hello to the Orbital Tenancy Trap

Firefly Aerospace's co-located engineering and manufacturing facilities in Texas are operating at a projected cadence of one Alpha vehicle per month.

Mentioned as: firefly aerospaceNarrative GrowthMar 12, 2026Firefly Aerospace Returns to Flight with Successful “Stairway to Seven” Mission

Firefly Aerospace is the only commercial provider to have demonstrated the ability to launch a satellite to orbit with approximately 24-hour notice, a capability known as Responsive Space.

Mentioned as: firefly aerospaceNarrative GeneralMar 12, 2026Firefly Aerospace Returns to Flight with Successful “Stairway to Seven” Mission

Alpha Flight 7 achieved nominal performance and validated key systems ahead of Firefly Aerospace’s Block II configuration upgrade.

Mentioned as: firefly aerospaceNarrative CapabilityMar 12, 2026It may have taken several delays, but Firefly successfully launched the "Stairway To Seven" mission on Alpha FLTA007! Apparently they did carry payloads for Lockheed Martin, but it sounds like these are hosted experiments rather then actual deployable satellites.

On 12 March 2026 Firefly Aerospace posted on X that Alpha Flight 7 achieved nominal performance and validated key systems ahead of Firefly’s Block II configuration upgrade.

Mentioned as: fireflyNarrative CapabilityMar 12, 2026Alpha Flight 7 di Firefly valida sistemi in vista della versione Block II

Flight 7 was Firefly Aerospace’s first fully successful Alpha flight in nearly two years.

Mentioned as: firefly aerospaceNarrative GeneralMar 12, 2026Firefly’s Alpha Rocket Reaches Orbit

Jason Kim is the CEO of Firefly Aerospace.

Mentioned as: firefly aerospaceNarrative GovernanceMar 12, 2026Firefly Aerospace Returns to Flight with Successful “Stairway to Seven” Mission

Firefly Aerospace provided a livestream of the Alpha Flight 7 "Stairway to Seven" test flight.

Mentioned as: firefly aerospaceNarrative PlanMar 12, 2026RT by @GewoonLukas_: We have liftoff of Alpha Flight 7 Stairway to Seven test flight! Catch the livestream here:

The documentary In the Black follows Firefly Aerospace’s sequence of successes and failures that led to the company reaching space on its second Alpha flight in 2022.

Mentioned as: firefly aerospaceNarrative GeneralMar 12, 2026Firefly’s Alpha Rocket Reaches Orbit

Firefly Aerospace completed a public offering during the roughly ten months between Flight 6 and Flight 7.

Mentioned as: firefly aerospaceNarrative GeneralMar 12, 2026Firefly’s Alpha Rocket Reaches Orbit

Sierra Space has been involved in more than 500 missions and has more than 30 years of spaceflight heritage.

Mentioned as: spaceflightNarrative GeneralMar 10, 2026Series C Round Nets $550 Million for Sierra Space

Project Mercury began in October 1958 as NASA’s first human spaceflight program.

Mentioned as: spaceflightNarrative GeneralMar 9, 2026McDonnellâs Military Test Space Station (MTSS)

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