28.10.21 Countries Ukraine Firefly Aerospace is one step closer to landing on the Moon after Blue Ghost’s critical design review by NASA Firefly Aerospace, a company of Ukrainian businessman Max Polyakov, has completed NASA’s Critical Design Review (CDR) of its Blue Ghost lunar lander. According to the company, after passing this stage, it can start the construction of Blue Ghost, which is
22.02.21 Countries Ukraine NASA chooses a Ukrainian developer’s solution for an online map for tracking the Mars rover The US space agency NASA uses the solution of a Ukrainian developer Vladimir Agafonkin for the interactive map which lets tracking its new Perseverance Mars rover. He wrote about it on his Facebook page. This interactive map shows the landing
05.02.21 Countries Ukraine NASA awards Firefly Aerospace a $93.3M contract to deliver payloads to the Moon The US space agency NASA has announced a partnership with the Firefly Aerospace company of Ukrainian businessman Max Polyakov. The agency will award the company $93.3 million for the delivery of science and technology payloads to the Moon in 2023.
01.02.21 Countries Ukraine Ukrainian team FireWay wins NASA Space Apps Challenge 2020 A Ukrainian team FireWay has won the largest international hackathon NASA Space Apps Challenge 2020 in the category “Best Use of Technology.” As stated on the NASA website, the Ukrainians have designed a universal space connector, which allows refueling satellites
17.12.20 Countries Ukraine Firefly subsidiary signs a $9.8M contract with NASA Firefly Black LLC, a subsidiary of Firefly Aerospace of Ukrainian businessman Max Polyakov, has signed a contract with NASA to launch small satellites to orbit. According to the NASA press service, the value of the contract is $9.8 million. Microsats
