NASA has awarded a $93 million contract to Firefly Aerospace Inc. to deliver 10 payloads to the Moon’s Mare Crisium in 2023,

NASA has awarded a $93 million contract to Firefly Aerospace Inc. to deliver 10 payloads to the Moon’s Mare Crisium in 2023, the Ukraine-originated company reports from its headquarters near Austin, Texas. Founded by Ukrainian-American Max Polyakov, Firefly has almost half of its workforce of 330 in Dnipro. Under the contract, a Firefly rocket and its Blue Ghost Lunar Lander will deliver NASA and 50 kg of commercial cargo to the Crisium basin. Data gathered from this mission is to pave the way for a 2024 manned mission to the area. Firefly also is participating in this mission, called Artemis.