Firefly Aerospace sent its Alpha rocket to orbit this morning, with the company carrying to space a payload from Lockheed Martin. However, the company has yet to update the public on whether it ...

Firefly Aerospace launched its two-stage Alpha rocket from California early Tuesday, but something went wrong about two-and-a-half minutes into the flight, rendering the rocket unable to deploy an ...

Firefly Aerospace/Everyday Astronaut Firefly launched the first Alpha 13 months ago. One of the four Reaver engines in the first stage of the rocket shut down 15 seconds into the flight ...

Firefly's Alpha Rocket Fails in Space, Sends Lockheed Satellite Falling Into Ocean By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket suffered a technical issue on Tuesday as ...

Late last month, Firefly announced that Northrop Grumman has invested $50 million into accelerating the development of the ...

Firefly’s two-stage Alpha rocket stands on the launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ahead of the launch of a payload for customer Lockheed Martin. [Courtesy: Firefly Aerospace ...

No new target date has been announced. Firefly Aerospace will launch its Alpha rocket for the sixth time ever on Saturday morning (March 15), and you can watch the action live. Alpha is scheduled ...

A Firefly Aerospace rocket failed to deliver its payload to orbit on Tuesday, creating a cloud of debris in the sky before falling back down toward an ocean crash. Firefly launched its Alpha ...

The mission will be conducted as another responsive space operation that includes transporting the payload fairing to the launch pad, mating it to Firefly’s Alpha rocket, and completing final ...

Render of an Alpha rocket lifting off from Esrange. In collaboration with SSC, Firefly is set to become first U.S. company to launch satellites from continental Europe. Credit: Firefly Aerospace ...

Firefly Aerospace says the Alpha rocket is ready for its fifth flight planned Monday night from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Credit: Firefly Aerospace photo The fifth Firefly Aerospace Alpha could ...

Here’s how it works. A new rocket just earned its wings. Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket aced a test flight today (Oct. 1), successfully delivering a handful of tiny satellites to Earth orbit ...