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Firefly’s rocket suffers one of the strangest launch failures we’ve ever seen
Firefly Aerospace launched its two-stage Alpha rocket from California early Tuesday, but something went wrong about two-and-a ...
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Firefly To Develop Ceramic Matrix Composite Rocket Nozzle Extension
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded Firefly Aerospace a contract to develop a ceramic matrix composite ...
Rocket Report: Starbase the city is coming soon; Alpha remains in beta
Welcome to Edition 7.42 of the Rocket Report! For about a decade now, we've been following the development of the Starbase ...
California rocket launch: Firefly to investigate 'mishap' during test for Lockheed Martin
A rocket launch from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base did not go to plan after the spacecraft experienced a midair ...
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Firefly Rocket Launch Failure Puts Satellite in Ocean, Not Orbit
The Firefly Aerospace sixth Alpha rocket experienced in-flight troubles more than 2 minutes after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base Tuesday ...
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Firefly Rocket Launched from Vandenberg Crashes into Pacific Ocean North of Antarctica
The “Message in a Booster” mission to deliver a Lockheed Martin payload to low Earth orbit suffered an “anomaly” on Tuesday following two days of delays.
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Firefly Alpha Rocket Grounded After In-Flight Anomaly
Launch provider says a nozzle extension on the upper engine was lost during stage separation, preventing the rocket from ...
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Firefly Aerospace Awarded AFRL Contract to Develop Ceramic Matrix Composite Rocket Engine Nozzle Extension
“Firefly’s expertise in both carbon composites and rocket propulsion puts us in a unique position to develop a composite-based nozzle extension ... Firefly’s small- to medium-lift launch ...