StartupLaunchCedar Park, US
Firefly Aerospace
- Stage
- Series B
- Raised
- $300M
- Founded
- 2017
Timeline 1 moment
Latest · Firefly Blue Ghost Completes First Fully Successful Commercial Moon Landing 1y ago2025 2026 Now
Full timeline Timeline
Signals
- 79 Lunar lander companies gear up for monthly Moon missions
- 90 The Moon just got its first commercial success story — Blue Ghost nailed it Firefly Aerospace
- 80 346 hours on the Moon. First try. Firefly just changed the game. Astronomy.com
- 85 Blue Ghost watched Earth eclipse the Sun from the Moon — and photographed it NASA
- 65 Second commercial lander, second tipover. Is the lunar south pole cursed? NPR
Hardware Fleet
Blue Ghost Unknown
Lander · 750 kg
Commercial lunar lander under NASA CLPS. Mission 1 completed the first fully successful commercial Moon landing in March 2025 at Mare Crisium. 45 m3 payload volume, 400W power, LEROS-4 main engine. Designed for annual missions.
Elytra Unknown
Orbiter
Orbital transfer vehicle for cislunar operations. Will carry Blue Ghost Mission 2 to lunar orbit and deploy it toward the farside. Can also operate independently for LEO/GEO hosted payload services.
Product & Tech Stack
Live simulation
Simulate Firefly Aerospace Hardware
Interactive browser-native 3D flight telemetry for Firefly Aerospace's hardware.