Firefly Aerospsce’s Alpha ignites its engines for liftoff Oct. 1 from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Credit: Firefly Aerospace/Everyday Astronaut WASHINGTON — Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha launch ...

Screenshot via Everyday Astronaut/Firefly Aerospace ... Firefly hopes to accommodate monthly flights by late 2022. The rocket, employing carbon composite materials, ...

As Firefly Aerospace prepared to close out a two-week mission on the moon, its lander had one final gift to beam home: the first high-definition images of a lunar sunset.. The company's Blue Ghost ...

Blue Ghost, a moon lander from Firefly Aerospace, ... (The last astronaut to walk on the moon, Apollo 17’s Gene Cernan, first documented the theory more than 50 years ago.) ...

Blue Ghost is carrying 10 instruments for NASA, which has paid Firefly $101.5 million for the ride. The space agency wants to see a regular cadence of moon missions to prepare for astronaut-led ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully made a soft touchdown near an ancient volcanic feature on the moon’s near side early Sunday morning. CNN values your feedback 1.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander, carrying scientific instruments for NASA, landed on Sunday, aiming for a volcanic dome in an impact basin on the moon's near side.

Blue Ghost, the robotic lunar lander developed by Texas company Firefly Aerospace, earlier this week concluded its historic 14 days of operation near the moon’s south pole.