Beta – Spaceflight Now

August 18, 2019

Breaking News

[ August 17, 2019 ] China’s Jielong 1 smallsat launcher successful on first flight Mission Reports
[ August 16, 2019 ] NASA directs Alabama space center to manage lunar lander program Mission Reports
[ August 16, 2019 ] Live coverage: Rocket Lab launch delayed to Monday Mission Reports
[ August 15, 2019 ] Smallsat companies teaming up on deorbit experiment Mission Reports
[ August 15, 2019 ] Photos: Atlas 5 blasts off with U.S. Air Force communications payload Atlas 5

Firefly to build U.S. version of Israeli Beresheet lunar lander

July 10, 2019

Firefly Aerospace, a Texas-based company which is already developing a small satellite launcher, has signed an agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries to build lunar landers in the United States and carry NASA science instruments to the moon, officials announced Tuesday.

Firefly’s commercial satellite launcher to use Delta 2 pad at Vandenberg

May 2, 2018

A commercial rocket under development by Firefly Aerospace will conduct its first orbital test flight in 2019 from a launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California that will become vacant with the retirement of the venerable Delta 2 booster later this year, the company announced Tuesday.