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The private equity firm AE Industrial Partners (AEI) on Thursday said it has agreed to acquire a “significant stake” in Firefly Aerospace, a deal that

More and more Central Coast residents are finding debris from the Firefly Alpha Rocket that exploded over the Pacific Ocean.

Next week is set to be very quiet in terms of rocket launches but as long as everything goes to plan, we could see Firefly Aerospace perform the maiden flight of the Alpha rocket carrying 26 CubeSats.

Rocket marks 10th successful launch and landing, though Dogecoins descent was a little rougher Richard Speed Mon 10 May 2021 // 13:02 UTC Share Copy Elon Musk has announced a SpaceX mission to the Moon paid for in Dogecoin, just a day after the cryptocurrency tumbled in response to the multibillionare calling it a "hustle" while he hosted The DOGE-1 mission is due to launch early next year as part of a rideshare aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. It will consist of a 40kg cubesa...

Raven One Ventures, Firefly said that its seed investor, Noonsphere Ventures, led by Dr. Max Polyakov, sold approximately $100 million of its Firefly holdings to certain Series A participants and other investors through secondary transactions to satisfy demand to participate in the round. Noonsphere Ventures is still the largest investor in Firefly.  Firefly is approaching the first launch of its Alpha small launch vehicle. It has completed acceptance testing for Flight 1, and the vehicle ha...

Firefly Research receives NASA SBIR award for solar electric space utility vehicle 2 min read Firefly Aerospace Inc., a U.S. developer of orbital launch vehicles for the small to medium satellite market owned by Ukrainian businessman Maksym Polyakov, has received the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) award from NASA to develop a solar electric transfer stage capable of taking payloads from the Earth to the moon – the Space Utility Vehicle (SUV). The new SUV will be able to del...

Mar 14, 2021 05:18 EDT with 0 comments In the coming week, its expected that there will be around five rocket launches from the likes of Firefly Aerospace, SpaceX, Rocket Lab, and Glavkosmos. The most interesting launch will be that of the Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket which is making its maiden flight from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket, which we have been saying will launch for the last two weeks, still hasn’t launched yet but could do...

Share this article COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --  Space Foundation, a 501(c)(3) global space advocate for nearly 40 years, today announced a new three-year partnership with Noosphere Venture Partners LP to support its annual International Student Art Contest. Now beginning its second decade, the contest invites students from around the world to electronically submit their original artwork in response to different themes announced each year. Student artists may draw, pa...

Future astronauts could use methane to make rocket fuel on Mars Space 08/01/2021 Chelsea Gohd © Provided by Space This concept design shows future astronauts on Mars. A new study shows how future astronauts might use local materials to make methane-based rocket fuel to get home. How will future astronauts get back home to Earth from Mars? According to a new study, they could make rocket fuel from the methane thats already on the Red Planet.  Researchers have devised a new ...

Researchers have found a new way to convert methane into rocket fuel on Mars — adding crucial flexibility to future astronaut missions to the Red Planet, according to a recent blog post on the University of California, Irvines (UCIs) official website. Scientists create new way to convert methane into rocket fuel on Mars Elon Musk and other engineers at SpaceX theorized such a method while searching for ways to combine water from ice on Mars with carbon dioxide to procure enough carbon and hyd...