Firefly Aerospace will begin trading on the Nasdaq on Thursday after raising $868.3 million in the largest U.S. listing this year by a space tech company. Firefly — which became the second private enterprise to achieve a lunar landing five months ago — priced the IPO at $45 per share,

Firefly Aerospace's shares were indicated to open up to 22 per cent above their initial public offering price on Thursday, as investors continue pouring capital into firms enabling expansion of the U.

Another space stock is going public. But this isn't just any old space stock -- this one already landed on the moon.