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Firefly, the Texas-based launch and in-space services provider, has appointed Lauren Lyons as its Chief Operating Officer (COO). With the company approachi

If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. Two new solar array wings for the International Space Station are rolled up inside the trunk of SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon capsule for launch Thursday. Credit: SpaceX Two new solar array wings for the International Space Station are packed inside the trunk of a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule for launch Thursday from the Kennedy Space Center, the first pair of six upgr...

If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. Artist’s concept of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander. Credit: Firefly Aerospace Firefly Aerospace has selected SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to launch the company’s first commercial lunar lander mission in 2023 with 10 NASA-sponsored research payloads. The Blue Ghost lander, which Firefly will build at its Texas manufacturing center, will aim for landing...

321 Launch: Space news you may have missed over the past week SpaceX has secured yet another trip to the moon. Firefly Aerospace, which has a NASA contract to deliver science payloads to the lunar surface, said Thursday it would launch its Blue Ghost lander atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than 2023. Blue Ghost, a lunar lander capable of hosting 10 science payloads provided by other companies, will fly from Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Blue Ghost will provide the payloads with power and connectivity for an entire lunar day and beyond lunar dusk in Mare C...

Temperatures at the Cape is are expected to hover around 85 degrees Wednesday with a humidity of 50%. Some cumulus clouds should form, but the probability of rain will be low. Wednesday's launch marks the 29th for the Starlink internet constellation, which currently has about 1,600 spacecraft on orbit, according to a database maintained by Harvard–Smithsonian astronomer Jonathan McDowell. SpaceX hopes to launch thousands more to provide even, worldwide internet coverage. It also marks the last launch before June, a month expected to be packed with five missions, though schedules often shift...