Firefly Aerospace is gearing up for another go at launching its Alpha rocket, hoping that the small-lift launch vehicle makes it to orbit this time after a fiery first attempt last year.

Virgin Orbit had aced four spaceflights in a row before Monday's failure, for example, and Firefly Aerospace reached orbit for the first time with its Alpha vehicle in October 2022.

ABL’s 88-foot-tall expendable rocket RS1 is capable of carrying up to 1,350 kilograms to low Earth orbit, similar to Firefly ...

Firefly Aerospace has received a huge influx of financing ... “The Firefly team is laser-focused on reaching orbit this year,” the announcement said. “With the successful stage 2 hotfire ...

Lt. Gen. John Shaw said this week there’s a growing need for on-demand launch capabilities that can be leveraged to replace ...

NASA has big things coming in 2023. From phenomenal celestial sightings to exciting new forays into space exploration, here's ...

Firefly Aerospace will attempt to launch its Alpha ... For the sake of all those waiting to get their missions into orbit, the Alpha will hopefully take off next week. The first launch last ...

New aerospace company Firefly Aerospace has successfully reached orbit with its new Alpha rocket. This was Firefly’s second launch attempt from California. NASA has rolled its Artemis I rocket ...

With more than 100 lunar missions planned in coming years, space junk near the Moon could become an issue for humanity.

But nearly two hours after the plane left the ground and the rocket fired its engines to swoop toward space, Virgin Orbit revealed ... US-based companies such as Firefly and Astra.

Scientists and government agencies have been worried about the space junk surrounding Earth for decades. But humanity’s ...

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