Firefly Aerospace Wins $144M NASA Contract for Accelerated Blue Ghost Moon Mission
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Risa Schnautz
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Firefly Aerospace has been awarded a $144 million NASA CLPS contract for an accelerated Blue Ghost lunar mission targeting a 2028 launch. The company will design, build, test, and deliver the mission in approximately two years — half the typical timeline — leveraging its flight-proven Blue Ghost lunar lander. This is Firefly's sixth contracted lunar mission, aimed at demonstrating repeatable and rapid access to the lunar surface.
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· 3 pulledFirefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading space and defense technology company, today announced a $144 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract to deliver a rapid mission to the Moon with Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander.
This marks the company's sixth contracted lunar mission to date with the goal of demonstrating repeatable access to the lunar surface on an accelerated timeline.
Targeted to launch in 2028, Firefly will design, build, test, and deliver the mission in approximately two years, half the time of the hist
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