From Newsgroup: sci.space.policy

Firefly ran its 6th launch of the Alpha rocket on Tue Apr 29, 2025 at
6:37 AM PDT. First stage operation was nominal through MECO, and the
second stage labored on trying to reach orbit, but the first stage did something that left the Lightning engine without a nozzle, reducing performance enough to miss orbital velocity.

Video:
<URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkusoizm-Zk>
(NSF cohosting with Firefly)

NSF's John Dunlop's article: <URL:https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/04/firefly-flta006/>

Ars Technica's Stephen Clark: <URL:https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/fireflys-rocket-suffers-one-of-the-strangest-launch-failures-weve-ever-seen/>


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