Firefly completes 144,000-square-foot cleanroom expansion

Firefly Aerospace announced on September 22, 2026, that it has completed a new cleanroom facility. The expansion increases the company's cleanroom capacity to 144,000 square feet.

Firefly made the announcement on September 22, 2026, and said the new cleanroom facility is complete.

The new space is four times the size of the earlier cleanroom.

The two cleanrooms now total 144,000 square feet.

The facility carries an ISO Class 8 rating and can support as many as 12 lunar landers and orbital vehicles at the same time.

The expansion scales Firefly's spacecraft manufacturing capabilities.

Five more lunar missions are under contract for Blue Ghost landers and Elytra orbiters.

Firefly also has two Defense Innovation Unit spacecraft contracts covering space domain awareness and deorbit services.

Firefly received a grant from the Texas Space Commission, whose SEARF program provided technology-innovation funding, and it is working to adapt proven technologies to a larger lander.

For lunar-industry watchers, the larger cleanroom adds capacity for building lunar landers and orbital vehicles at a company with a successful Moon landing.

The expansion also supports contracted work: five more lunar missions are under contract for Blue Ghost landers and Elytra orbiters, and Firefly is working to adapt proven technologies to a larger lander.