r/FireflyAerospace

WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) - NASA administrator Jared Isaacman on ‌Tuesday said three companies — Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace (FLY.O), opens new tab and Intuitive Machines (LUNR.O), opens new tab — were awarded contracts ⁠to send more uncrewed lunar landers to the moon's surface under the agency's Artemis moonbase project. The contracts for Firefly and Intuitive ‌Machines ⁠each involve sending another one of their landers to the moon at ⁠a value of $144 million each. Astrobotic's contract is ⁠for two lander missions and worth ⁠a total of $280 million.

https://www.reuters.com/science/nasa-awards-astrobotic-firefly-intuitive-machines-lunar-lander-contracts-moon-2026-06-30/

So hi guys.I'm Roy,the cofounder of the first space club of its sort in any public school in the entire country(Kenya,East Africa),and am here to call for all those space nerds out there on the continent.

In the wake of creating the space club,first of its kind,i saw it fit to begin an online community and future startup of Space engineering teen enthusiats in Africa who will,together with me and my team,work together in building and coming up with Aerospace solitions for our continent and the world.

So ill start with creating a subreddit then we could work from there peeps,you could also give me ideas on this however youd like this to go in achieving our mission,after all we're one(you could dm me directly).Under what i presume will be our parent company in the early stages,LEO SKY AFRICA(a company in kenya focused on space education to youth in africa,you can go check out their website)(not to mention we have some contact with the Kenya space agency we are yet to nurture)ive contacted a friend of mine in Ghana hopefully wherever you guys come from could help us with that too,the could come to your country and help building substancial space clubs for all you enthusiasts,the CEO...Mr.Kimani is super charismatic about Africa and space,trust me!...we've already began this seed planting all over our own country already,but its taking time for sure.

The name of the subreddit is gonna be r/sayari_ aerospace....lemme go put it up right now.So hope you guys like this initiative,I solemnly welcome all u guys to this task we'll take upon ourselves to build the African aerospace industry ground up and probably get even more of our enthusiastic friends on the continent. Thanks https://www.reddit.com/r/sayari_aerospace/s/vKwc4Zz388

>Cedar Park, Texas, June 30, 2026 – Firefly 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 historic Blue Ghost Mission 1, by utilizing its proven Blue Ghost lander design and operations. For this mission, Blue Ghost will return to the Moon’s near side, similar to where Mission 1 landed, and deliver three NASA science instruments, including the Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA) to enable precision laser ranging, the Linear Energy Transfer Spectrometer (LETS) to measure the radiation environment, and the Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume Surface Studies (SCALPSS) to further study plume-surface interactions during touchdown.

>CEDAR PARK, Texas, June 30, 2026 – Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY) and SSC Space celebrate the completion of critical milestones, including building initial infrastructure, establishing transatlantic regulatory frameworks, and securing an agreement with the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration. The companies are now taking the next step towards orbital launch from SSC Space’s Esrange Space Center and undergoing final construction of the pad at Launch Complex 3C with the first launch targeted for 2028.

>Key infrastructure development to date includes completing the launch control center, payload processing facility, launch vehicle integration building, tracking and control systems, and security and storage facilities at Launch Complex 3C. Built to support Firefly’s Alpha rocket, the orbital launch complex will expand critical access to space from mainland Europe.

>Cedar Park, Texas, June 25, 2026 – Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading space and defense technology company, today announced the acquisition of Space-ng Inc. (“Space-ng”), a leader in AI-powered vision navigation and autonomous guidance systems. The acquisition brings proven spacecraft software and camera hardware for Firefly’s Blue Ghost landers and Elytra orbital vehicles, bolstering Firefly’s capabilities to advance the future of autonomous space operations for missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

>Space-ng’s vision navigation software was utilized during Firefly’s historic Blue Ghost Mission 1 to determine position and attitude, detect hazardous lunar terrain, and autonomously redirect Blue Ghost in real-time, enabling a safe, precise touchdown within the Moon’s Mare Crisium.

>WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - Rocket and spacecraft maker Firefly Aerospace (FLY.O), opens new tab is expected to secure a $110 million U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM) loan that would help fund the company's expansion of spacecraft production facilities in Texas, according to a document ‌reviewed by Reuters.

>The bank's three board members are poised for a Tuesday morning vote on the loan, which is part of an EXIM initiative to help U.S. firms compete globally with foreign companies in artificial intelligence, space and other areas, according to the document.