Firefly Aerospace Completes Preliminary Design Review for NASA MoonFall Mission

By Neetika Walter · Interesting Engineering · 2026-10-22

Interesting Engineering reports that Firefly Aerospace has cleared a critical regulatory hurdle for its Elytra spacecraft, which is slated to ferry four robotic drones to the lunar south pole. The Texas-based firm finalized the design assessment in under four months, moving the p

Interesting Engineering reports that Firefly Aerospace has cleared a critical regulatory hurdle for its Elytra spacecraft, which is slated to ferry four robotic drones to the lunar south pole. The Texas-based firm finalized the design assessment in under four months, moving the p