Blue Ghost Mission 2
Firefly Aerospace · Moon (far side)
Firefly's second lunar lander targets the first American landing on the Moon's far side, no earlier than 2027 on the company's own page, with ESA's relay satellite riding along.
At a glance
- Phase
- development
- Operator
- Firefly Aerospace
- Destination
- Moon (far side)
- Next milestone
- Launch no earlier than 2027 on a SpaceX Falcon 9, on Firefly's own page; NASA's CLPS overview still lists 2026
- Last verified
- 22 August 2026
Where it stands
In final assembly and testing.
The mission
Firefly Aerospace's mission page now states Blue Ghost Mission 2 will launch no earlier than 2027 on a Falcon 9, moved from the earlier late-2026 wording; NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services overview page still lists the mission under 2026, and this record follows the launching company's own date. The mission targets America's first landing on the Moon's far side, near Nassau crater. The Blue Ghost lander carries six international payloads, including NASA's LuSEE-Night radio telescope and the UAE's Rashid Rover 2, while Firefly's Elytra orbiter deploys ESA's Lunar Pathfinder communications relay en route. The mission follows the first Blue Ghost, which completed the first fully successful commercial lunar landing in March 2025.
Related
Sources
- Firefly on Blue Ghost Mission 2 · https://fireflyspace.com/missions/blue-ghost-mission-2/
- NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services · https://www.nasa.gov/reference/commercial-lunar-payload-services/