Firefly Aerospace (@Firefly_Space) February 18, 2025 In an update shared on X, Texas-based Firefly said the spacecraft completed another lunar orbit maneuver with a 3 minute, 18 second burn early ...

Alpha is scheduled to lift off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Saturday during a 52-minute window that opens at 9:25 a.m. EDT (1325 GMT; 6:25 a.m. local California time). Firefly ...

Blue Ghost launched from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, January 15, on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Texas-based Firefly Aerospace became the second company to land on the Moon ...

Literally, figuratively over the moon': Firefly's Blue Ghost lands on lunar surface Lunar landing comes after 45-day trip through space The landing concludes a more-than 2.8 million-mile journey ...

The Space Force selected Firefly Aerospace and its Alpha rocket, pictured here, to fly its first operational Tactically Responsive Space mission. (Firefly Aerospace) The Space Force last week ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost has been in space for 44 days, and on Sunday it will attempt to finally execute a soft landing on the Moon. Firefly will be livestreaming the landing attempt on ...

Acting NASA administrator Janet Petro said at Firefly's landing event that the moon remains part of America's goal to "dominate" space. On Blue Ghost, two onboard instruments will study the lunar ...

UPDATE: This weekend's launch is being delayed due to a "range constraint" at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Firefly Aerospace announced on Friday. The company says they are working to identify a ...

A new mission to land on the moon is beaming back stunning photos that put our world into perspective. Look closely at the above image. There are two worlds in the photo. The moon is a tiny dot in ...