Alpha static fire
Firefly is gearing up for a second launch of its Alpha rocket on Sept. 11 after conducting a static-fire test of the vehicle in August.

Firefly Aerospace has hired an executive with extensive experience in aerospace and defense as its next CEO as the company gears up for its second orbital launch attempt.

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Jeff Foust has more than a decade of experience writing about space policy, entrepreneurial ventures and regulatory affairs. In 2001, he established spacetoday.net to aggregate and summarize the day's space-related news stories. In 2003, he started The...