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"April 29, 2025: Following a nominal liftoff of Firefly’s Alpha rocket, there was a mishap during first stage separation for the FLTA006 mission that impacted the Stage 2 Lightning engine nozzle. We are working with our Lockheed Martin customer, the Space Force, and FAA to conduct a thorough investigation .."

fireflyspace.com/missions/alph

Firefly AerospaceAlpha FLTA006 - Firefly AerospaceFirefly launched Lockheed Martin's LM 400 satellite on Alpha FLTA006 on April 29, 2025, from SLC-2 at the Vandenberg Space Force Base.
#Alpha#FLTA006#LM

Firefly Aerospace and Lockheed Martin are set to make history with the FLTA006 "Message in a Booster" launch on April 28, 2025!
This mission could redefine satellite deployment, with Firefly's Alpha rocket aiming to prove faster, cheaper, and smarter access to space.
The race is on and the future of space innovation is at stake!

Read Full Article Here :- techi.com/lockheed-martin-fire

Interesting lessons learned by Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander.

1) Temperature swings on the moon "were really, really crazy."
2) Geographic features of the moon also affect temperature variations.
3) Special and unique battery designs will be needed to survive at night on the moon.

Firefly is now qualifying and assembling flight hardware for Blue Ghost Mission-2, and is expecting to execute annual missions to the moon. space.com/space-exploration/pr #space #moon #moonlanding #FireflyAerospace #nasa #blueghost

Blue Ghost Mission 1 has completed more than 14 days of Lunar surface operations - a total of 10 NASA payloads, transmitting more than 119GB of data back to Earth, including 51GB of science and technology data.

Work is progressing on qualifying and assembling flight hardware for Blue Ghost Mission 2 which will conduct operations in lunar orbit and on the far side of the Moon.

fireflyspace.com/news/firefly- #Moon #BlueGhost #Sapce #Nasa #FireflyAerospace