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Firefly Aerospace

Blue Ghost Moon lander, Alpha rocket

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The brief

Analyst view
  • Blue Ghost landed upright on 2 March 2025 and ran NASA experiments for a full lunar day.
  • Alpha failed in flight (Apr 2025) and exploded in a ground test (Sep 2025) before flying again in March 2026.
  • Blue Ghost Mission 2 to the lunar far side is targeted for late 2026.

Technical approach

As reported
Lander

A low, wide, well-tested lander

Blue Ghost uses cameras to steer to a safe spot and stands low and wide on four legs, so it's less likely to tip over like other landers.

Alpha

Simple kerosene engines

Alpha's Reaver engines use a bit of their own hot gas to drive the fuel pump, so no separate pump engine is needed.

Structures

Carbon-composite vehicle

Alpha uses carbon-fibre tanks and body to stay light.

Programs

Firefly Aerospace, three programs

Updated 9 Sep 2026
Blue GhostA robot lander about 2 m tall and 3.5 m wide that carries about 150 kg of NASA experiments to the Moon. Mission 2 adds an orbiter to relay data from the far side.DeployNextMission 2 far-side landing · 2027+12 moUpdated 19 Aug 2026View program →AlphaA two-stage carbon-fibre small rocket that carries about a tonne to orbit, with four kerosene engines on the first stage.DeployNextAlpha Block II debut · Q4 2026+3 moUpdated 9 Sep 2026View program →EclipseA medium rocket, partly reusable, built with Northrop Grumman to carry about 16 tonnes to orbit.ProtoNextFirst launchUpdated 29 May 2025View program →
Research · Proto · Pilot · Deploy · Scaling

Research & demos

1 item

Open technical problems

Open · Active · Partial
  • Alpha reliabilityActive research

    After several Alpha failures, it must fly reliably before customers commit to the upgraded version.

  • Talking from the far sideOpen

    Mission 2 lands where Earth can't be seen, so it must send data through its own orbiter.

Upcoming catalysts

Company-wide
  • 2027Blue Ghost Mission 2 to the lunar far sideBlue Ghostby ~15 mo

Peers

Moon & deep space · 1

Company & funding

1 round · as reported
Last round
IPO (Nasdaq)7 Aug 2025
HQ
US
Founded
2017
DateRoundAmountPost-moneyLead
7 Aug 2025IPO (Nasdaq)$868M——

Partners & customers

1 customer · 1 partner · 1 investor

People

Key people
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