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The Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost lunar lander will hitch a ride to the Moon aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in 2023.

BusinessMay 21, 2021

Firefly selects Falcon 9 to launch Blue Ghost lunar lander

Firefly Aerospace announced May 20 that it had selected the SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch its Blue Ghost lunar lander.

SpaceX has won a $98.8 million contract to launch NASA’s SPHEREx mission that will study stellar nurseries over a 25-month period.

BusinessFebruary 8, 2021

SpaceX wins $98 million NASA SPHEREx launch contract

NASA has awarded a $98.8 million contract to SpaceX for the launch of its SPHEREx mission.

Firefly Aerospace will carry 10 NASA payloads to the surface of the Moon aboard its Blue Ghost lunar lander as part of the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.

BusinessFebruary 5, 2021

Firefly awarded $93 million Artemis commercial Moon delivery contract

NASA announced February 5 that it had awarded Firefly Aerospace with a $93.3 million contract to deliver ten science and technology demonstration payloads to…