NASA's Four-Drone Moon Mission Clears Key Spacecraft Design Milestone
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Firefly Aerospace has completed a key analysis of its spaceship's design for a NASA mission that aims to carry out four robotic drones over the southern pole of the Moon until the end of 2028. The Texas-based space company announced that its Elytra ship has passed the preliminary design review (PDR) for [...]
The Elytra, a device designed by Firefly Aerospace, only needs to pass one more test before NASA's drones can set off on their journey to the Moon in 2028.
NASA's MoonFall mission, which contemplates four drones to explore the southern lunar pole, surpassed a design milestone, according to Interesting Engineering. The agency aims to launch the project in 2028, but the published information does not detail the revised technical aspects.
Firefly Aerospace Completes Preliminary Design Review for NASA MoonFall Mission
*Rendering of Firefly’s Elytra spacecraft deploying JPL drones above the Moon’s south pole Cedar Park, Texas, October 21, 2026 – Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading space and defense technology company, today announced it completed the preliminary design review (PDR) for its Elytra spacecraft that will deliver drones built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
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