Blue Ghost Mission 5¶
Firefly Aerospace · Blue Ghost · manifested
Launch: 2028. Landing: late 2028 (NASA).
Awarded 30 June 2026 ($144.2 million per NASA, $144 million per Firefly). Target the near side, near Blue Ghost Mission 1's site. Firefly calls it its sixth contracted lunar mission; the name Blue Ghost Mission 5 is from Wikipedia. Voyager ties Astrobotic's share of the same award to task order CS-8.
Wikipedia: no article on this mission (checked 6 October 2026).
| Payload | Kind | FO | Earlier flights | On the Moon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume Surface Studies (SCALPSS); version not stated by NASA | NASA payload | none | earlier lunar mission | not yet flown |
| Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA) | NASA payload | none | Earth orbit or deep space, earlier lunar mission | not yet flown |
| Linear Energy Transfer Spectrometer (LETS) | NASA payload | none | Earth orbit or deep space, ISS or MISSE | not yet flown |