What Happened
Texas Company Expands Launch Infrastructure Support
Firefly Aerospace has been awarded a Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract from NASA, positioning the company to compete for task orders providing payload processing facilities and services in support of NASA missions launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Firefly’s commercially available Payload Processing Facility supports government and commercial space payloads, offering storage, fueling, and checkouts for small and medium-size payloads. The award recognizes Firefly’s growing launch infrastructure and reinforces the company’s role as a trusted provider supporting NASA’s mission portfolio, as reported by Unknown Source.