This mission, called Ghost Riders in the Sky, started back in 2021 when NASA awarded Firefly Aerospace a multi-million-dollar contract to carry ten experiments up to the moon. NASA paid $101 million ...

The Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost lander on the moon was captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: Space.com | ...

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.

A growing fleet of privately built spacecraft is preparing to attempt robotic landings on the moon as humanity's exploration ...

The lunar economy, complete with its own supply chain, may seem like a distant concept, but its foundations are already here. It will center around using the moon’s natural resources to construct ...

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 ...

Landing on the Moon has always looked calm from a distance. A slow descent, a gentle touch, then stillness. But that calm ...