Moon
Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 2
Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 2 is a planned far-side lunar delivery that pairs the lander with the Elytra Dark transfer vehicle.
Planned; Firefly and NASA describe this as a future CLPS lunar-far-side delivery, but the launch date remains a moving target.
Official mission site ↗The mission
Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 2 is Firefly Aerospace’s second lunar delivery mission. The mission pairs a Blue Ghost lander with the Elytra Dark transfer vehicle to place the spacecraft and supporting payloads into lunar orbit and then deliver NASA science and communications experiments to the Moon’s far side.
The launch
- Launch
- 2027
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Orbit
- Lunar Orbit
Mission timeline
Firefly mission overview
Current overview
Firefly’s mission page describes the Blue Ghost Mission 2 architecture and payload concept.
Open milestone source ↗Objectives
- 01
Deliver NASA science and technology payloads to the lunar far side.
- 02
Use Elytra Dark to support transfer and communications for the mission stack.
- 03
Expand Firefly’s CLPS lunar-delivery capability.
Spacecraft
Blue Ghost lunar lander
Delivers NASA science payloads to the lunar far side.
- Manufacturer
- Firefly Aerospace
Elytra Dark
Transfers the lander and Lunar Pathfinder toward the Moon and supports communications.
- Manufacturer
- Firefly Aerospace
Gallery
2 images from Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 2.
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