Firefly Aerospace, the Cedar Park-based space and technology company that recently became the first commercial company to land on the moon, was awarded

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - NASA has chosen to partner with University of Hawaii at Manoa scientists for a lunar mission. Two instruments, including one from the university, will be integrated onto a Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV), which astronauts will drive on the moon. Another will orbit the moon.

Firefly Aerospace has secured a $176.7 million NASA contract to deliver five payloads to the Moon’s south pole in 2029. The mission, awarded under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative,