The space agency and contractors SpaceX and Firefly Aerospace are targeting Wednesday ... The lander’s six carbon fiber tanks can hold more than 2,200 pounds of propellant.
NASA's uncrewed payload mission to the moon launched right on time at 1:11 a.m. Wednesday from Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A. Crafted by Firefly Aerospace, the Blue Ghost lunar lander launched ...
The success of SpaceX and other private-sector space firms is throwing up hard questions about America's "great national ...
Original story: Get ready for a second rocket launch attempt of the morning from Florida's Space Coast ... propellant tank pressurization to flight pressure begins. 45 seconds: SpaceX launch ...
The combined 138 launches is more than NASA flew the Space Shuttle over three decades ... That leaves just Firefly Aerospace as the only other US company to reach orbit last year.
On January 18, the team at Firefly carried out Blue Ghost’s first engine burn, firing up the lander’s thrusters and main ...
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander has ... ("Sea of Crises"), a large basin on the moon's near side. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and ...
vice president of launch vehicles at Firefly, confirmed the company was proceeding with those plans, citing the need to avoid congestion at Vandenberg and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in ...
Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander has launched from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A, and is on a 45-day journey to the moon for ...
Both NASA and Firefly Aerospace say Blue Ghost remains ... injection burn that will put it on course for the moon. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events ...
Firefly was selected based on the payload capacity. “What NASA is doing is they’re contracting for the manifest capacity in the space, as opposed to the lander specifically,” Scholtes told ...