Firefly Aerospace

Look out for our Ghost Riders in the Sky. This incredible team said farewell to #BlueGhost as the lander travels from Texas to California to Florida ahead of our historic road trip to the Moon. Come join us for the ride! https://lnkd.in/gbUNUwf9

Our #BlueGhost road trip has begun! First stop: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Here the lander will go through a series of tests to ensure the integrated vehicle can withstand various flight environments during launch, transit, and landing on the Moon. Get the details here: https://lnkd.in/gzB9y9ia

We're not just moving fast on our Miranda engines... our Medium Launch Vehicle (MLV) structures are also making strides! The team has taken everything they've learned from Alpha's carbon composites and scaled them up for MLV. The first stage propellant tank is now on the stand at our Rocket Ranch and ready for development testing. Then we'll qualify the full-length structure next. Exciting times ahead!

Big win today on the Blue Ghost front: All 8 thrusters are qualified, acceptance tested and fit checked on the lander! During Blue Ghost Mission 1, these Reaction Control System thrusters, called Spectre, will help maintain the lander’s orientation during maneuvers and independently perform the final descent, throttling as needed for a soft landing on the Moon. Stay tuned for more updates as we get ready to ship Blue Ghost for final environmental testing before launching later this year.

As industry makes a fast and furious return to the Moon, there's a story to be told! Vote for our panel at #SXSW 2025 to get a behind the scenes look at Blue Ghost Mission 1 and how commercial companies are leading the way to establish rapid, recurring access to the lunar surface. Get your vote in by August 18 to hear from this incredible crew: https://lnkd.in/gZJ3MQgC ▪ Ray Allensworth, Spacecraft Program Director, Firefly Aerospace ▪ William Coogan, Blue Ghost Chief Engineer, Firefly Aerospace ▪ Dr. Regina B. Blue, Deputy Programmatic Manager, Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), NASA ▪ Loren Grush, Space Reporter, Bloomberg

The winner of the Alpha model at the Small Satellite Conference (SmallSat) is…

We’ve built responsive space into every aspect of our Alpha rocket, from manufacturing and testing to launch. Thanks Real Engineering for coming out to our Rocket Ranch and sharing our story! https://lnkd.in/gf4shEmU

More Alpha launches on the books! The Firefly team is proud to build on our existing L3Harris Technologies partnership with a second multi-launch agreement, supporting two to four missions per year from 2027 to 2031. Get the details here: https://bit.ly/3yw9xcA

Excited to announce another winner of Firefly’s DREAM program: HIAPO 2.0 from the Hawaii Science and Technology Museum, selected in collaboration with European Space Agency - ESA’s 4S Symposium. This will be the second DREAM CubeSat developed by Hawaii Science and Technology Museum and Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory that will fly free of charge on our Alpha rocket. We’re incredibly proud of the impact this program is having on students in Hawaii! Learn more about the dream program here: https://lnkd.in/gRvFDTNX

We're going to the Moon! As Blue Ghost gets ready to ship for final environmental testing, get a behind-the-scenes look of how we got here and the mission ahead. Stay tuned for more on Blue Ghost Mission 1 in the coming months ahead of the Q4 2024 launch.