Firefly lunar lander touches down on the moon
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Quote:One of these days Firefly Alpha will get off the ground. In less than a week, April will be over. One story says:
Originally posted by THG:
You're the one following this, what's your opinion SECOND?
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Firefly is committed to the April launch timeframe despite previous delays. "I've been living here in California full-time to encourage the team," said Markusic, whose permanent residence is in Texas. (Tom Markusic is Firefly Aerospace CEO.) If not April, maybe May.
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2021/02/26/Firefly-Aerospace-Alpha-ro
cket-NASA/5321614205867/
NASA announced that it had contracted with Firefly to land science instruments on the moon in 2023 using Blue Ghost. That deal, which was organized via the agency's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, is worth $93.3 million.
https://www.space.com/firefly-aerospace-alpha-rocket-launch-2021
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Too cool
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With all the interest with all things space at the moment are we on the cusp of a Sci-Fi era.Still very cool all the same.
You buy this ship, treat her proper, she'll be with you for the rest of your life.
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With all the interest with all things space at the moment are we on the cusp of a Sci-Fi era.Still very cool all the same.
You buy this ship, treat her proper, she'll be with you for the rest of your life.
It's all very cool dun.
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Firefly Aerospace announced Tuesday it raised $75 million in private capital, as it prepares for the inaugural launch of its Alpha rocket.
“This gives us runway to have multiple successful Alpha [rocket] launches, successfully execute a lot of the main milestones for the Blue Ghost [lunar] lander program,” Firefly co-founder and CEO Tom Markusic told CNBC.
Firefly also outlined its intention to raise an additional $300 million later this year after it launches its inaugural Alpha rocket. While the $75 million finances its near-term development plans, the company wants to expand its services across the space industry. Firefly is best known for its launch business, with the Alpha and the planned Beta. But it is also working on a lunar lander called Blue Ghost and a space utility vehicle – also known as a “space tug” — to transport satellites into unique orbits after a launch.
More at https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/04/firefly-aerospace-raises-75-million-to
-become-a-space-unicorn.html
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Originally posted by second:
Firefly Aerospace announced Tuesday it raised $75 million in private capital, as it prepares for the inaugural launch of its Alpha rocket.
“This gives us runway to have multiple successful Alpha [rocket] launches, successfully execute a lot of the main milestones for the Blue Ghost [lunar] lander program,” Firefly co-founder and CEO Tom Markusic told CNBC.
Firefly also outlined its intention to raise an additional $300 million later this year after it launches its inaugural Alpha rocket. While the $75 million finances its near-term development plans, the company wants to expand its services across the space industry. Firefly is best known for its launch business, with the Alpha and the planned Beta. But it is also working on a lunar lander called Blue Ghost and a space utility vehicle – also known as a “space tug” — to transport satellites into unique orbits after a launch.
More at https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/04/firefly-aerospace-raises-75-million-to
-become-a-space-unicorn.html
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
Have they ever launched a rocket yet?
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Quote:Never launched a rocket. I was hoping the Firefly CEO would announce a deadline for first launch in this video from May 5, 2021 03:53 pm, but CEO has no deadline. Firefly, the TV show, being relaunched? No deadline for that, either.
Originally posted by THG:
Have they ever launched a rocket yet?
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https://cheddar.com/media/firefly-ceo-talks-75-million-funding-round-w
hats-next-in-space-sector
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/30/nasa-tells-spacex-to-halt-lunar-lander
-work-pending-contract-challenges.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9531301/NASA-tells-SpaceX-hal
t-lunar-lander-work-pending-contract-challenges.html
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The CEO added that Firefly hopes to launch Alpha by mid-June, but emphasized that an inaugural launch comes with “a lot of unknowns.”
“We’re going to keep working through the problems, and we will launch eventually,” Markusic said.
www.cnbc.com/2021/05/04/firefly-aerospace-raises-75-million-to-become-
a-space-unicorn.html
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SpaceX has been selected by Firefly Aerospace to send its Blue Ghost lander to the moon in 2023
SpaceX has been awarded a contract by Texas-based aerospace firm Firefly. The task order requires SpaceX to launch Firefly's Blue Ghost moon lander in 2023. The lander will be propelled into space by a Falcon 9 rocket.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/spacex-has-been-selected-by-fire
fly-aerospace-to-send-its-blue-ghost-lander-to-the-moon-in-2023/ar-AAKi1u3?ocid=msedgntp
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