The space sector lit up Thursday as traders piled into publicly traded space names ahead of SpaceX‘s historic Nasdaq debut Friday morning, and the moves were anything but small.

SPCE stock is soaring again. See the chart and price action here.

Space Stocks Rally

Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ:MNTS) led the charge, surging 28.04% to $14.52 on volume of 10.7 million shares, more than double its average, per Benzinga Pro data. 

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPCE) wasn’t far behind, rocketing 22.61% to $5.78 on a flood of retail-driven volume topping 62.9 million shares, nearly three times its daily average. 

Voyager Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:VOYG) climbed 15.06% to $47.50, while Firefly Aerospace Inc. (NASDAQ:FLY) added 13.41% to $37.90.

Intuitive Machines, Inc. (NASDAQ:LUNR), one of NASA’s key commercial partners, jumped 12.09% to $29.74, a move that highlights how SpaceX’s IPO hype is lifting names with real government contract exposure.

EchoStar Corp.