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Firefly’s $177M NASA mission to deliver rovers and sensors to Moon’s south pole

Firefly Aerospace has secured a $176.7 million NASA contract to deliver five payloads to the Moon’s south pole in 2029. The mission, awarded under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) ...
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Firefly Awarded $177 Million NASA Contract for Mission to the Moon’s South Pole

CEDAR PARK, Texas, July 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Firefly Aerospace, a market leading space and defense technology company, was awarded a $176.7 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS ...

Wireless power grids head to the moon

Firefly plans to launch its lander toward the moon’s South Pole by the end of 2026. Assuming it arrives in one piece, the receiver will attempt to capture a signal from an orbiting satellite to test ...
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LightGrid Is the Laser Satellite Network That Will Keep the Moon From Going Dark

The Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost Mission 2 will carry to the Moon the first elements of a wireless power network called ...
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Fourth Blue Ghost Lander Will Reach the Moon in 2029 with Two Rovers and NASA Science

Back in March one of the many space startups currently stealing the headlines, Firefly Aerospace, concluded its first mission to the Moon under NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.
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Firefly Aerospace Adds Volta’s Wireless Power Receiver to Blue Ghost Mission on Far Side of the Moon

Hosted onboard Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander, Volta’s LightPort will demonstrate technologies to survive the lunar night and support a lunar orbit power grid CEDAR PARK, Texas, Dec. 10, 2025 (GLOBE ...
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Firefly Aerospace Receives $10 Million NASA Contract Addendum for Blue Ghost Mission 1 Lunar Data

CEDAR PARK, Texas, Sept. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Firefly Aerospace (FLY) (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading space and defense technology company, today announced a $10 million contract addendum ...

NASA JPL tests future lunar craft with shake-up

The same historic facilities that some 50 years ago prepared NASA's twin Voyager probes for their ongoing interstellar odyssey are helping to ready a towering commercial spacecraft for a journey to ...
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A privately built spacecraft has successfully landed on the moon

A privately built spacecraft has successfully landed on the moon, a feat that only one other company has accomplished in spaceflight history, NBC News reported. The robotic lander, dubbed Blue Ghost, ...
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Firefly Awarded $177 Million NASA Contract for Mission to the Moon’s South Pole

Company’s fourth lunar mission and fifth NASA CLPS award utilizes Firefly’s Elytra orbital vehicle and Blue Ghost lunar lander to operate two rovers and three scientific instruments CEDAR PARK, Texas, ...
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Firefly Awarded $177 Million NASA Contract for Mission to the Moon’s South Pole

During Blue Ghost Mission 4 operations, Firefly’s Elytra Dark transfer vehicle will first deploy the Blue Ghost lander into lunar orbit and remain on orbit to provide a long-haul communications relay ...