Lunar Exploration
Blue Ghost Mission 2
Blue Ghost Mission 2 is a Firefly lunar lander stacked on the Elytra Dark orbital and transfer vehicle, designed to deliver payloads to the lunar far side. Firefly lists six payloads from five countries, including NASA's LuSEE-Night radio telescope and the UAE's Rashid Rover 2.
- Operator
- Firefly Aerospace, under NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
- Launch vehicle
- Not stated on Firefly's mission page
- Launch site
- Lunar far side, near Nassau crater (landing site)
- Target orbit
- The stacked spacecraft orbits Earth 3.5 times before trans-lunar injection; the Elytra Dark vehicle stays in lunar orbit as a relay
- Duration
- About 44 days of transit and at least 10 days of surface operations; LuSEE-Night up to two years; Elytra operates in lunar orbit for five years
- Schedule
- Firefly's mission page says no earlier than 2027. NASA's CLPS page still shows 2026, so this site gives no month.
Instruments and payloads
- LuSEE-Night (NASA and DOE radio telescope)
- Rashid Rover 2 (UAE)
- User Terminal (NASA JPL)
- Lunar Pathfinder (ESA and SSTL relay satellite)
- SPIDER seismic device (Fleet Space)
- LightPort wireless power receiver (Volta Space)
Primary source: fireflyspace.com. Facts checked on 2026-10-10. Dates are the operator's targets and can change; this page does not report launch outcomes.