Company
Firefly Aerospace
USA · named on public Moon flights
Firefly Aerospace is a NASA CLPS lander prime. Blue Ghost Mission 1 soft-landed at Mare Crisium in 2025 and ran a full lunar-day science campaign. Later Blue Ghost flights, including a far-side stack and Moon Base deliveries, are on the public pipeline.
Hardware
Blue Ghost
Lander · LEROS 4-ET is Nammo UK's bipropellant main engine on Firefly Blue Ghost. · Blue Ghost Mission 1Primary structure / panels / struts
Part · Firefly builds the Blue Ghost primary structure in-house at Cedar Park. · Blue Ghost Mission 1Elytra
Transfer vehicle · Elytra Dark is Firefly's orbital tug on Blue Ghost Mission 2. · Blue Ghost Mission 2Elytra Dark orbital vehicle (BG-M2 stack)
Hardware · Elytra Dark is Firefly's orbital tug on Blue Ghost Mission 2. · Blue Ghost Mission 2Elytra RF-cal deployable antenna (MMA Design + Vulcan Wireless)
Hardware · Named suppliers MMA Design and Vulcan Wireless for deployable RF-calibration antenna on Elytra supporting LuSEE-Night (CS-4). · Blue Ghost Mission 2Ocula imaging telescopes (LLNL on Elytra residual)
Hardware · Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory telescopes enable Firefly Ocula lunar imaging on Elytra residual life after BG-M2 CLPS phases. · Blue Ghost Mission 2Honeybee rover (Gruithuisen Domes / BG-M3 path)
Rover · Firefly contracted Honeybee Robotics (Blue Origin) for a lunar rover on Blue Ghost Mission 3 Gruithuisen Domes path (public 2025 announcement). · Blue Ghost Mission 3Jobs
CP-21 · $179.6M class
Gruithuisen Domes ~$179.6M. · Blue Ghost Mission 3 · globenewswire.comCS-6 · $176.7M class
Blue Ghost M4 south pole ~$176.7-177M. · Blue Ghost Mission 4 · fireflyspace.comCS-8 · $144.2M class
Moon Base batch Firefly $144.2M. · Blue Ghost Mission 5 (Moon Base CS-8) · nasa.govCS-3 · $112.0M class
Far side Blue Ghost 2 $112M. · Blue Ghost Mission 2 · fireflyspace.comTO19D · $93.3M class
Blue Ghost M1 $93.3M. · Blue Ghost Mission 1 · nasa.govPrimary structure / panels / struts
Firefly builds the Blue Ghost primary structure in-house at Cedar Park. · Blue Ghost Mission 1 · prnewswire.comElytra Dark orbital vehicle (BG-M2 stack)
Elytra Dark is Firefly's orbital tug on Blue Ghost Mission 2. · Blue Ghost Mission 2 · fireflyspace.comBG-M2 dual-spacecraft stack AIT / env test
Firefly stacked Blue Ghost on Elytra Dark, with Lunar Pathfinder in the stack, and ran the full assembly through environmental tests at NASA JPL. · Blue Ghost Mission 2 · jpl.nasa.govCS-8 Firefly Blue Ghost delivery (M5)
NASA's CS-8 Moon Base award to Firefly covers one Blue Ghost-class delivery, Mission 5, at $144.2 million. · Blue Ghost Mission 5 (Moon Base CS-8) · nasa.govBlue Ghost M1 CLPS delivery (TO19D class)
Firefly firm-fixed-price CLPS delivery for 10 NASA payloads on Blue Ghost Mission 1 - program seat for the stack. · Blue Ghost Mission 1 · nasa.govBlue Ghost M2 CLPS dual-stack delivery (CS-3 class)
NASA's CLPS awards to Firefly cover Blue Ghost Mission 2's surface landing and the Elytra orbital service. · Blue Ghost Mission 2 · fireflyspace.comBlue Ghost RCS / thruster package
Firefly states RCS thrusters and many non-main-engine propulsion elements built in-house on Blue Ghost (main engine remains Nammo LEROS). · Blue Ghost Mission 1 · Blue Ghost Mission 2 · Blue Ghost Mission 3 · Blue Ghost Mission 5 (Moon Base CS-8) · Blue Ghost Mission 4 · fireflyspace.comBlue Ghost M3 CLPS delivery (CP-21 Gruithuisen)
Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission 3 is the CLPS delivery for NASA's CP-21 Gruithuisen Domes suite. · Blue Ghost Mission 3 · fireflyspace.comBlue Ghost M4 CLPS delivery (CS-6)
Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission 4 is the CLPS delivery for NASA's CS-6 suite. · Blue Ghost Mission 4 · fireflyspace.comBlue Ghost M1 CLPS TO19-D delivery award
Firefly TO19-D CLPS delivery award (~$93.3M public) for Blue Ghost Mission 1 Mare Crisium science suite. · Blue Ghost Mission 1 · nasa.govElytra Dark orbital vehicle (BG-M4 stack)
Firefly Elytra Dark transfers Blue Ghost M4 to lunar orbit and remains as long-haul comms relay. · Blue Ghost Mission 4 · fireflyspace.comBlue Ghost M5 CLPS delivery award (CS-8 Firefly)
Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission 5 is a CS-8 Moon Base delivery. · Blue Ghost Mission 5 (Moon Base CS-8) · nasa.govCedar Park spacecraft AIT (Blue Ghost)
Firefly Aerospace Cedar Park TX spacecraft facility for Blue Ghost design, build, cleanroom AIT, and mission ops. · Blue Ghost Mission 1 · Blue Ghost Mission 2 · Blue Ghost Mission 3 · Blue Ghost Mission 5 (Moon Base CS-8) · Blue Ghost Mission 4 · fireflyspace.comBlue Ghost power / solar
Firefly vertical-integration claim for Blue Ghost power and solar resources supporting payload ops through lunar day. · Blue Ghost Mission 1 · Blue Ghost Mission 2 · Blue Ghost Mission 3 · Blue Ghost Mission 5 (Moon Base CS-8) · Blue Ghost Mission 4 · fireflyspace.comBlue Ghost avionics
Firefly built Blue Ghost's avionics and guidance in-house. · Blue Ghost Mission 1 · Blue Ghost Mission 2 · Blue Ghost Mission 3 · Blue Ghost Mission 5 (Moon Base CS-8) · Blue Ghost Mission 4 · fireflyspace.comFirefly Ocula lunar imaging (Elytra constellation path)
Firefly Ocula lunar imaging service path using multi-Elytra Dark constellation after BG-M2/M3/M4 deployments. · Blue Ghost Mission 2 · Blue Ghost Mission 3 · Blue Ghost Mission 4 · fireflyspace.comCLPS CS-3 delivery TO (BG-M2 + ) ~$112M
NASA's CS-3 task order to Firefly covers Blue Ghost Mission 2's far-side landing and delivery of ESA's Lunar Pathfinder into lunar orbit. · Blue Ghost Mission 2 · fireflyspace.comCLPS CS-4 Elytra RF calibration TO ~$18M
NASA CLPS CS-4 ~$18M TO (Sep 2023) for Firefly Elytra RF calibration services from lunar orbit supporting LuSEE-Night. · Blue Ghost Mission 2 · fireflyspace.comOcula imaging telescopes (LLNL on Elytra residual)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory telescopes enable Firefly Ocula lunar imaging on Elytra residual life after BG-M2 CLPS phases. · Blue Ghost Mission 2 · fireflyspace.comElytra DPAF dual payload attach fitting ( deploy)
Firefly's dual payload attach fitting holds Blue Ghost and Lunar Pathfinder on Elytra and separates them in space. · Blue Ghost Mission 2 · fireflyspace.comBG-M2 full-stack vibration qualification at JPL ETL
NASA JPL vibration-tested a full-scale Blue Ghost, Elytra, and Lunar Pathfinder stack for launch loads. · Blue Ghost Mission 2 · jpl.nasa.govJPL environmental testing (Blue Ghost M1 flight article)
Firefly shipped Blue Ghost M1 with 10 NASA payloads to NASA JPL for environmental testing before Cape Canaveral launch campaign. · Blue Ghost Mission 1 · prnewswire.comBlue Ghost carbon-composite legs + crush honeycomb
Four in-house carbon-composite landing legs with crush-core honeycomb for touchdown energy absorption on Blue Ghost M1. · Blue Ghost Mission 1 · Blue Ghost Mission 2 · Blue Ghost Mission 3 · Blue Ghost Mission 5 (Moon Base CS-8) · Blue Ghost Mission 4 · fireflyspace.comBlue Ghost footpad contact sensors (engine cutoff)
Footpad contact sensors trigger main-engine shutdown at touchdown - critical soft-landing micro component. · Blue Ghost Mission 1 · fireflyspace.comBlue Ghost Spectre biprop RCS thrusters (in-house)
Eight in-house Spectre biprop RCS thrusters (~1,600 N total) for orientation and soft-landing assist - distinct from Nammo LEROS main engine. · Blue Ghost Mission 1 · Blue Ghost Mission 2 · Blue Ghost Mission 3 · Blue Ghost Mission 5 (Moon Base CS-8) · Blue Ghost Mission 4 · fireflyspace.comBlue Ghost cold-gas ACS thrusters (Alpha heritage)
Twelve cold-gas ACS thrusters with Alpha rocket heritage for coast-phase pointing and propellant settling. · Blue Ghost Mission 1 · fireflyspace.comBlue Ghost flight battery pack
In-house lander battery pack supporting multi-day lunar daylight ops. · Blue Ghost Mission 1 · prnewswire.comBlue Ghost carbon-overwrapped propellant & pressurant tanks
Four propellant tanks and two helium pressurant tanks, carbon-fiber overwrapped. · Blue Ghost Mission 1 · fireflyspace.comBlue Ghost dual antenna/payload gimbals
Two Firefly gimbals pointed X-band antenna and selected payload apertures (LuGRE, LEXI, NGLR) on the top deck. · Blue Ghost Mission 1 · fireflyspace.comFirefly Elytra host (MoonFall deploy)
NASA: MoonFall drones travel aboard Firefly Elytra, which deploys them during descent. · MoonFall · nasa.govCargo
Elytra Dark orbital vehicle (BG-M2 stack)
Elytra Dark is Firefly's orbital tug on Blue Ghost Mission 2. · Blue Ghost Mission 2 · NET 2027Elytra RF-cal deployable antenna (MMA Design + Vulcan Wireless)
Named suppliers MMA Design and Vulcan Wireless for deployable RF-calibration antenna on Elytra supporting LuSEE-Night (CS-4). · Blue Ghost Mission 2 · NET 2027Ocula imaging telescopes (LLNL on Elytra residual)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory telescopes enable Firefly Ocula lunar imaging on Elytra residual life after BG-M2 CLPS phases. · Blue Ghost Mission 2 · NET 2027Honeybee rover (Gruithuisen Domes / BG-M3 path)
Firefly contracted Honeybee Robotics (Blue Origin) for a lunar rover on Blue Ghost Mission 3 Gruithuisen Domes path (public 2025 announcement). · Blue Ghost Mission 3 · NET ~2028MoonFall four propulsive hop drones
Four JPL propulsive hop drones deployed by Firefly Elytra during descent. · MoonFall · NET 2028Elytra Dark orbital vehicle (BG-M4 stack)
Firefly Elytra Dark transfers Blue Ghost M4 to lunar orbit and remains as long-haul comms relay. · Blue Ghost Mission 4 · NET ~2029Flights
Sources
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