Firefly Aerospace investigating a fire that resulted from a test of its Alpha rocket’s engines

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Firefly Aerospace investigating a fire that resulted from a test of its Alpha rocket's engines

Space launch startup Firefly Aerospace encountered a setback as it kicked off the first "hot" tests of its Alpha launch vehicle's engines - a fire resulted from its first test-engine fire. The fire occurred at 6:23 PM local time on Wednesday during the first planned five-second fire in a series of test firings Firefly intended to run for Alpha at its Briggs, Texas facility. The fire was located "in the engine bay at the base of the rocket's stage," Firefly has said in a new statement about the incident.

Firefly's engineers immediately stopped the engine test, and the facility's fire suppression system put out the fire, the company says. The team is currently reviewing data around the test to identify the cause, and will perform a complete investigation to figure out what's going on and then report those results, according to the statement. Firefly also says that "at no time during the test were Firefly operations personnel or the public in danger" and adds that it's working with local emergency response and governing authorities throughout the investigation.

The launch startup has encountered setbacks before, though its biggest previous hurdle was of a different nature: Firefly Space Systems filed for bankruptcy protection in 2017, before returning with a slightly different corporate identity as Firefly Aerospace later that year, still under the leadership of founder and current CEO Tom Markusic. Firefly was rescued at least in part thanks to a lifeline investment from Noosphere Ventures, and said at the time it had enough runway to fund it fully through development and flight of Alpha, an expendable launch vehicle that will be able to deliver



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