

Milestone moves Firefly's Elytra spacecraft toward final design and hardware production to deliver NASA JPL drones above the lunar south pole Milestone moves Firefly's Elytra spacecraft toward final design and hardware production to deliver NASA JPL drones above the lunar south pole

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX) topped estimates on both the top and bottom lines after Tuesday's close. The rest of the space sector barely stirred.

CEDAR PARK, Texas, Oct. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading space and defense technology company, will release its third quarter 2026 financial results for the period ended September 30, 2026, on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, after market close.

One company is burning cash faster but growing revenue at triple-digit rates; the other is profitable on a path but shrinking.

AST SpaceMobile is developing a space-based cellular network designed to connect directly to standard smartphones through global carrier partnerships. Firefly Aerospace provides comprehensive launch and lunar services with a significant backlog of government and defense contracts.

Firefly Aerospace (NASDAQ: FLY - Get Free Report) and MDA Space (NYSE: MDA - Get Free Report) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations. Analyst Ratings This is a summary of

Firefly Aerospace delivered 163.0% revenue growth in FY 2025 while scaling its Alpha and Eclipse vehicles for rapid deployment. Rocket Lab continues to expand its end-to-end space services through a pending acquisition of Iridium Communications.

Most investors following the new space race are focused on one question: Who gets to the Moon first? But veteran trader Jonathan Rose of Masters in Trading LIVE is asking what happens the day after they arrive.