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dream program firefly aerospace skip to content firefly aerospace company about ethics suppliers dream shop contact launch alpha rocket eclipse rocket responsive space spacecraft blue ghost landers elytra orbiters ocula imaging solux vision missions news latest news image gallery careers investors book a ride social firefly aerospace company about ethics suppliers dream shop contact launch alpha rocket eclipse rocket responsive space spacecraft blue ghost landers elytra orbiters ocula imaging solux vision missions news latest news image gallery careers investors book a ride making space for everyone dream program launching educational payloads firefly aerospace is on a mission to make space attainable for everyone including the next generation workforce as part of this mission firefly s dream dedicated research education accelerator mission program was established in 2019 to encourage students to dream big and develop an interest in stem by donating excess payload capacity on our alpha rocket dream eliminates the cost of entry for launch allowing educational institutions to focus on developing and operating a small satellite program and training the next generation of aerospace engineers the first round of dream payloads flew on firefly s alpha flta001 rocket in 2021 the firefly alpha dream program inspired a movement in hawaii to democratize space through access and education when the hawaii science and technology museum won a spot on the first firefly alpha flight in 2019 a team of students at the hawaii space flight laboratory set out to develop a low cost satellite that could be used for spaceflight by educational groups like hstm and hsfl through two grants we were able to develop a low cost 1u cubesat with educational materials and inspire over 400 students in grades 3 through grad school we are so grateful to the firefly team that allowed the keiki children of hawaii to have this amazing opportunity amber imai hong ceo of mahina aerospace dream awardees firefly recently awarded a second round of educational payloads to launch aboard firefly s alpha rocket no earlier than 2026 including four cubesats from the university of illinois auburn university the aerospace and innovation academy in florida and the hawai i science and technology museum wolfsat 1 cubesat aerospace and innovation academy s wolfsat 1 cubesat will test the viability of the ideonella sakaiensis bacteria on orbit and assess its ability to degrade polyethylene terephthalate a major component of single use plastics this demonstration aims to enable an efficient waste recycling system for prolonged crewed missions and minimize the risk of plastic pollution on future lunar and martian colonies overseen by the aerospace and innovation academy the wolfpack cubesat development team is a nonprofit organization that prepares 11 to 18 year old students to design build test and fly cubesats before graduating high school the students will develop the wolfsat 1 payload integrated on a nearspace satellite bus with assistance from florida institute of technology and students at the university of florida astra ethera cubesat auburn university s astra ethera cubesat will demonstrate a compact low cost electrodynamic tether to enable satellite deorbiting within five years of mission completion the deployable device utilizes the plasma surrounding earth in addition to the earth s magnetic field to induce a force on the tether reducing the lifetime of spacecraft in orbit from decades to a few years this approach will allow satellites to operate in higher orbital altitudes and meet deorbiting compliance regulations dozens of students ranging from freshmen to graduate students within the university s small satellite program will support payload development testing and mission operations darkness cubesat university of illinois darkness cubesat will look for a dark matter decay signature in the form of 3 5 kev x rays emanating from the black hole at the center of the milky way using cryogenically cooled skipper charged coupled devices developed by fermilab a student led team within the university s laboratory for advanced space systems at illinois lassi is working to complete a critical design review for the satellite this summer according to lassi s director dr michael lembeck the satellite will be the first to search for the source of dark matter using this novel technology for x ray astronomy observations in low earth orbit hiapo 2 0 cubesat as the next iteration of hiapo 1 0 that flew on alpha flta001 hiapo 2 0 is a cubesat from the hawai i science and technology museum and hawai i space flight laboratory that will help improve climate science a key goal among the people of hawai i hiapo 2 0 will measure the electric field generated by solar wind to understand the mechanisms of energy input into the thermosphere through direct detection and measurement of high energy particles hiapo 2 0 will also measure any induced magnetic field associated with atmospheric electric fields it is theorized that within the auroral zones electric currents flow into the ionospheric dynamo region where resistance created by pedersen currents heat the lower atmosphere understanding this process of heating the earth s lower atmosphere will allow for the creation of more accurate climate models that take solar electromagnetic activity into account careers dream big at firefly view job openings firefly headquarters 2203 scottsdale dr leander tx 78641 company about ethics suppliers dream shop contact launch alpha rocket eclipse rocket responsive space spacecraft blue ghost landers elytra orbiters ocula imaging solux vision missions news latest news image gallery careers investors social phone this field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged subscribe required subscribe 2026 fireflyspace com all rights reserved terms and conditions privacy policy