Firefly Aerospace

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VICTUS SOL will be the third U.S. Space Force TacRS mission launched aboard Firefly’s Alpha rocket following VICTUS NOX and VICTUS HAZE.

Firefly is preparing to ship Blue Ghost to launch site after successfully completing environmental testing for mission to Mare Crisium.

Following launch vehicle separation, Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander acquired signal and completed on-orbit commissioning.

Firefly has open roles across the company, including launch technicians and propulsion engineers.

Firefly Aerospace aims to enable launch, landing, and operations in space anywhere and anytime.

Firefly Aerospace is on a mission to reliably and repeatedly launch, land, and operate space systems from Earth to the Moon and beyond.

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is a Delaware corporation with subsidiaries and offices at 1320 Arrow Point Drive #109, Cedar Park, Texas 78613, USA. The page includes Terms of Use for accessing or using the website.

Firefly Aerospace finishes the **Preliminary Design Review (PDR)** for its **Elytra spacecraft**, advancing the project toward final design and hardware production. The mission aims to deploy **NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) drones** near the **lunar south pole** as part of the **MoonFall initiative**. This milestone marks progress in Firefly’s lunar logistics capabilities under NASA’s contract.

Oct 2026Firefly AerospaceNews article

Starcloud plans to send its SC-1L AI data-processing payload to lunar orbit aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Elytra vehicle on a NASA-supported mission scheduled no earlier than 2028. After Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander separates, SC-1L will process data from Elytra’s Solux vision system and transmit the results to Earth, demonstrating technology for orbital AI data centers. Starcloud says its earlier Starcloud-1 satellite, equipped with an Nvidia H100 chip, successfully trained NanoGPT in low Earth orbit.

Oct 2026GeekWireNews article

Firefly Aerospace has inaugurated a new cleanroom facility in Cedar Park, Texas, to speed up spacecraft manufacturing. The 10,000-square-foot facility supports the company’s growing production demands under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. Local officials and NASA representatives attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony, highlighting collaboration between Firefly, the Texas Space Commission, and NASA for lunar missions.

Sep 2026Firefly AerospaceNews article

Firefly Aerospace secures a contract with SSC Space for two Alpha rocket launches from Esrange Space Center in Sweden. The agreement expands their existing multi-launch partnership, enabling orbital launch services from mainland Europe. This move strengthens Firefly’s footprint in European space infrastructure.

Sep 2026Firefly AerospaceNews article