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    Firefly Aerospace is an American private aerospace firm based in Cedar Park, Texas, that develops launch vehicles for commercial launches to orbit. The...
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  • Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost, or simply Blue Ghost, is a class of lunar landers designed by Firefly Aerospace to deliver small payloads to the surface...
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    Firefly Alpha (Firefly α) is a two-stage orbital expendable small lift launch vehicle developed by the American company Firefly Aerospace to compete in...
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  • deal for the rights to manufacture Firefly Aerospace's Reaver rocket engines in-house. In October 2021, Firefly Aerospace announced that it has completed...
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    launched. The design was abandoned after Firefly Space Systems went bankrupt. A new company, Firefly Aerospace, has replaced the aerospike engine with...
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  • Miranda is a liquid-fueled rocket engine currently being developed by Firefly Aerospace to power the company’s MLV (Medium Launch Vehicle). It will also be...
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    2023 – Firefly Aerospace conducts a successful orbital launch with the VICTUS NOX mission for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command. Firefly launched...
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  • company owned by Hertz Firefly Aerospace, a private aerospace firm based in Austin, Texas; formerly "Firefly Space Systems" Firefly Arts Collective, a New...
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    industry-wide supply chain issues. In February 2021, NASA selected Firefly Aerospace for a CLPS launch to Mare Crisium in mid-2023. On 29 Jul 2019, NASA...
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    brings muscle to Firefly's plan to build a larger rocket called Medium Launch Vehicle (MLV). Northrop Grumman and Firefly Aerospace will jointly produce...
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    Falcon 9 rocket. On February 4, 2021, NASA awarded a CLPS contract to Firefly Aerospace, of Cedar Park, Texas, for approximately $93.3 million, to deliver...
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    launch two of its Quark reusable orbital transfer vehicle in 2023. Firefly Aerospace is developing an OTV called the Elytra that will fly on its Alpha...
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  • SpaceNews. Retrieved 12 September 2024. "Firefly Aerospace, Inc. Elytra-1 Application". Firefly Aerospace. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024. Werner...
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    Ghost Lunar Lander". Firefly Aerospace. 26 April 2022. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022. "Firefly Aerospace Awards Contract to...
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    1". nextspaceflight.com. Retrieved 28 August 2024. "NASA Selects Firefly Aerospace for Artemis Commercial Moon Delivery in 2023". NASA (Press release)...
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    July 2024. "Alpha Launch Vehicle". Firefly Aerospace. Retrieved 2023-11-26. "Missions Archive". Firefly Aerospace. Retrieved 2023-11-26. Krebs, Gunter...
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    December 2022 – via YouTube. "Firefly Completes Integration Readiness Review of its Blue Ghost Lunar Lander". Firefly Aerospace. 26 April 2022. Archived from...
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    Policy Commercial space industry Astra Ball Aerospace Bigelow Aerospace Blue Origin Boeing Firefly Aerospace Lockheed Martin Raytheon Rocket Lab Northrop...
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    new first stage developed in partnership with Firefly Aerospace. The new first stage, similar to Firefly's MLV launch vehicle, will incorporate composite...
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    agreement with the American company Firefly Aerospace to build a lunar lander based on Beresheet. Firefly Aerospace is one of several "main contractors"...
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    States Blue Origin: New Shepard, New Glenn (under development) Firefly Aerospace: Firefly Alpha NASA: Space Launch System Northrop Grumman: Antares Rocket...
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  • Clark, Stephen. "Firefly says early engine shutdown led to launch failure – Spaceflight Now". Retrieved 2022-01-21. "MLV". Firefly Aerospace. Retrieved 2022-09-05...
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    inaction of President Eisenhower. Beyond military power, Kennedy used aerospace technology as a symbol of national prestige, pledging to make the US not...
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  • 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2016. "LE-9" (PDF). "Launch-alpha". Firefly Aerospace. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved February...
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    performed its last flight. SLC-2W has been repurposed to launch Firefly Alpha for Firefly Aerospace. During the demolition process, a fire broke out on October...
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    (2030) Artemis VI (2031) Artemis VII (2032) Artemis VIII (2033) CLPS Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost (2024) IM-2 (2025) Lunar Trailblazer Luna-Glob Luna 26...
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    (Antares 330) rockets with booster stage and engines developed by Firefly Aerospace. These missions are also slated to use a new enlarged "Mission B"...
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    The Fairey Firefly is a Second World War-era carrier-borne fighter aircraft and anti-submarine aircraft that was principally operated by the Fleet Air...
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    38 years old and held a B.S. in mechanical engineering and an M.S. in aerospace science; he had served in the Air Force and in state Air National Guards...
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    positions at Voyager Space Holdings, Viasat, Acorn Growth Companies and Firefly Aerospace. On September 1, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Bridenstine...
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