Firefly Aerospace wins $10M NASA addendum for Blue Ghost Mission 1 lunar data

Firefly Aerospace has received a $10 million addendum to its NASA CLPS contract to acquire additional science and operational data from Blue Ghost Mission 1. The award covers extra lunar-transit and surface imaging plus performance telemetry captured during the mission’s 60‑day operations, beyond original deliverables.

Discovered 2025-09-22T06:13:57.229674-07:00 | 2025-09-22T06:13:57.229674-07:00

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  • Firefly was awarded a $10 million addendum to buy additional science, high‑resolution imagery and performance telemetry gathered during Blue Ghost Mission 1’s 60‑day lunar transit and surface operations — data that augments the mission’s original deliverables.

  • The addendum comes as NASA continues to rely on commercial suppliers under its CLPS program (which has flown four missions and received $386M in agency funding), and builds on Firefly’s earlier CLPS awards and market milestones such as its $176.7M south‑pole lander contract and recent Nasdaq debut: see the CLPS program’s six‑mission context (https://hype.aero/?story=c5cceabd-4270-4c1f-9d85-4f8649df3c5e) and NASA’s $176.7M south‑pole award to Firefly (https://hype.aero/?story=11717bbd-6173-42e8-8449-6409459b1ba3).

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