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Firefly Aerospace Completes Preliminary Design Review for NASA MoonFall Mission

$FLYPress releaseOct 21, 2026, 8:30 AM ETRead the release

Firefly Aerospace completed the preliminary design review (PDR) for its Elytra spacecraft, which will deliver NASA JPL-built drones to the Moon's south pole for the MoonFall mission. The review, conducted with NASA and JPL, confirmed Elytra's design meets mission requirements; Firefly now moves toward the critical design review ahead of hardware production.

Key figures

Launch readiness
late 2028
Pdr timeline months
less than four months after contract award

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