Firefly Aerospace is an American aerospace company based in Cedar Park, Texas, that builds small and medium launch vehicles, lunar landers and orbital transfer vehicles. It took its present form in 2017, when the assets of the bankrupt Firefly Space Systems, a startup founded in 2014 by Tom Markusic and others, were bought by EOS Launcher and the company was renamed. Its launch family is the Alpha small-lift rocket, which first reached orbit in October 2022, and the larger Eclipse rocket developed with Northrop Grumman, whose first-stage technology also underlies the Antares 300 series. Its Blue Ghost lander made the first fully successful commercial soft landing on the Moon on 2 March 2025, and its Elytra line of orbital vehicles is meant to move payloads between orbits. The company listed on the Nasdaq in August 2025.
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Firefly Aerospace, Inc. (Firefly) is an American aerospace firm based in Cedar Park, Texas.
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The company was formed when the assets of the former company Firefly Space Systems were acquired by EOS Launcher in March 2017
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Firefly went public through an initial public offering on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "FLY" in August 2025.
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Firefly Aerospace, Inc. (Firefly) is an American aerospace firm based in Cedar Park, Texas.
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Firefly small- and medium-lift launch vehicles for commercial launches to orbit.
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Firefly Aerospace, Inc. (Firefly) is an American aerospace firm based in Cedar Park, Texas.
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Firefly has been developing Elytra, a lineup of orbital transfer vehicles designed to move payloads and satellites from one orbit to another within LEO, GEO, and cislunar space.
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Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company on a mission to reliably and repeatedly launch, land, and operate space systems from Earth to the Moon and beyond.
Firefly Alpha (Wikipedia)
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Firefly Alpha (Firefly α) is a two-stage orbital expendable small lift launch vehicle developed by the American company Firefly Aerospace
Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost (Wikipedia)
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Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost, or simply Blue Ghost, is a class of lunar landers designed and manufactured by the American company Firefly Aerospace.
Firefly Aerospace: Elytra Orbiters (Firefly Aerospace)
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Firefly's multi-mission Elytra vehicles offer in-space services when and where customers need it.
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Firefly's multi-mission Elytra vehicles offer in-space services when and where customers need it.
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Firefly's multi-mission Elytra vehicles offer in-space services when and where customers need it.
View the Source A Closer Look At Firefly Aerospace's Gamma Rocket Plane (TheSpaceBucket)
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In addition, Firefly Aerospace is developing a rocket plane named Gamma.
IAI teams with Firefly on moon-lander for NASA (Globes)
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'Genesis', a predominately US built version of the lander, delivers a low-cost integrated solution for reliable lunar surface missions.
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