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Cedar Park TX (SPX) Sep 15, 2023 - Firefly Aerospace, Inc., an end-to-end space transportation company, was awarded an $18 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract to provide radio frequency calibration services

SpaceX continues to dominate headlines with its groundbreaking launch vehicles, but a new generation of U.S. rocket companies is quietly reaching for the stars.

These are the companies leading the charge on space exploration, launch systems, space vehicles, and other aeronautics products.

Space is hard, but it's also big -- and probably big enough to hold three competing companies offering space tug services.

The offerings are built around a new family of vehicles known as Elytra (a term for the wings of a firefly).

Rocket builder Firefly Aerospace is close to raising more money, as it expands to meet a growing demand.

Rocket builder Firefly Aerospace is close to raising more money, as it expands to meet a growing demand.

Rocket builder Firefly Aerospace is close to raising more money, as it expands to meet a growing demand.

The Texas Gulf Coast capital is cool even when it’s blazing hot

Remember the “Seinfeld” episode where Kramer takes an old bucket of Titleists down to the beach and launches them into the ocean? Imagine that, but make it baseball, that’s how the Corpus Christi Hooks took batting practice during Blue Ghost Weekend. The event, which was held on Memorial Day weekend,