How to watch rocket startup Firefly Aeropspace’s second attempt to reach orbit

Rocket startup Firefly Aerospace will attempt to reach orbit for the first time in a launch tonight, Sunday, September 11. This will be the second attempt at launching its Alpha rocket, after a previous attempt around this time last year came to a dramatic end. Firefly will be hoping for a better outcome this time […]

Gina Torres Explains How Firefly Brought Her to 9-1-1: Lone Star

After a decade of brawling in boardrooms on USA Network, Gina Torres is getting back into the field on 9-1-1: Lone Star, and she’s loving every minute of it. “As fabulous as it was playing Jessica Pearson, I feel safer climbing rigs and getting shot at than I did walking around in 5.5-inch stilettos for […]

Firefly Lane Trailer: Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke’s BFFs Are ‘F–king Stuck With’ Each Other in New Netflix Drama

RELATED STORIES Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke are wigging out in the latest teaser trailer for their decades-spanning new Netflix drama Firefly Lane. Based on the novel of the same name by bestselling author Kristin Hannah (who serves as co-executive producer on the 10-episode series), Firefly Lane — which will premiere Feb. 3 — proposes […]

Firefly Lane: Sarah Chalke Tapped as Co-Lead Opposite Katherine Heigl in Netflix’s 10-Episode Adaptation

RELATED STORIES Sarah Chalke is scrubbing in as Katherine Heigl’s BFF. The Scrubs/Roseanne vet has been tapped as the co-lead in Firefly Lane, Netflix’s 10-episode series adaptation of Kristin Hannah’s best-selling book, TVLine has learned. Firefly Lane centers on two inseparable best friends — legendary talk show host Tully (Heigl) and the awkward and shy […]

Syfy Orders Resident Alien Series Starring Firefly Vet Alan Tudyk

Alan Tudyk is officially taking up residence at Syfy: The network has given a series order to Resident Alien, a comic book adaptation starring the Firefly vet, it was announced on Thursday. Based on the Dark Horse comics by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse, Resident Alien is described as “a twisted and comedic fish-out-of-water story […]

Rocket Report: Firefly to the Moon, SpaceX makes a splash, H3 nets a customer

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson/United Launch Alliance) Welcome to Edition 1.28 of the Rocket Report! Lots of news this week, and much of it good, with Stratolaunch reaching an important test, Firefly winning a sweet contract from NASA, and the H3 getting its first commercial flight. All in all, a nice week in launch. As always, […]

Staring at Firefly Aerospace’s hot rocket-engine flames in a Texas pasture

Pro tip: If you just want to see the raw engine fire, skip ahead to the ~3:15 mark. (video link) CEDAR PARK, Texas—”Last time you came out here, it was just a pile of dirt,” Firefly Aerospace CEO and rocket scientist Tom Markusic tells me. I looked it up afterwards—he’s not lying. Back in 2014 […]