Blue Ghost Mission 2¶
Firefly Aerospace · Blue Ghost with the Elytra orbiter · manifested
Launch: 2026 (NASA, 2023 award); early 2027 (Wikipedia). Landing: not in public sources.
Named Riders on the Dark; target the far side. NASA's 2023 award counts two NASA payloads plus ESA's Lunar Pathfinder relay; NASA's CS-3 page says three NASA CLPS science payloads.
Wikipedia: Blue Ghost Mission 2.
| Payload | Kind | FO | Earlier flights | On the Moon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment-Night (LuSEE-Night) | NASA payload | none | Earth orbit or deep space | not yet flown |
| Lunar Pathfinder relay satellite, ESA | partner payload | none | earlier lunar mission | not yet flown |
| User Terminal (UT) | NASA payload | none | none found | not yet flown |