Noosphere Venture Partners LP, a Menlo Park, California-based firm led by managing partner Max Polyakov, now funds Firefly’s rocket development program.
The renamed company emerged from bankruptcy proceedings in 2017 under new ownership. The company is also developing the Alpha small satellite launcher, and a bigger rocket named Beta is on the drawing board, says Spaceflight Now in its article about Firefly’s ongoing activities.įirefly Aerospace was previously named Firefly Space Systems before entering bankruptcy. A souped-up version of the Israeli Beresheet moon lander built in Texas could be ready to carry NASA science and technology payloads to the lunar surface before the end of 2022, according to officials from Fir efly Aerospace.įirefly’s Genesis lander is one of several major projects being developed by the company headquartered just north of Austin, Texas.
