Blue Ghost Mission 2 (with Elytra Dark and ESA Lunar Pathfinder)

Planned

Facts last verified against primary sources on 2026-10-13 · dates are a estimate

Landing page: target, Sun and Earth from the site, nearby hardware →

Facts

Operator: Firefly Aerospace
Country: US
Type: lander
Launch: no earlier than Jan 2027

Landing site

Near Nassau crater, far side (target region; landing coordinates not published) · 24.9100°S 177.3400°E ± 38000 m

Planned landing site · source: fireflyspace.com

Landed

Planned landing site

Crash or hard landing

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Timeline

no earlier than Jan 2027Launch, no earlier than 2027 (NASA: later in 2027)planned

Links

Firefly: Blue Ghost Mission 2official
NASA: Moon Base cargo lander updates (4 Aug 2026)press

Sources

Generated 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

launch_utc is the first instant of the published period: launch no earlier than 2027, not a scheduled date; schedule_confidence 'estimate'. Firefly: 'Set to launch no earlier than 2027'; NASA Moon Base manager (15 Sep 2026): 'later in 2027'. Target: 'near the Moon's Nassau crater' on the far side (Firefly). No coordinates are published: landing_site is the target REGION, centred on Nassau's IAU centre (24.91°S, 177.34°E, diameter 76 km) with its radius as uncertainty_m. Elytra Dark stays in lunar orbit and deploys ESA's Lunar Pathfinder relay satellite. Payloads include LuSEE-Night and Rashid Rover 2 (UAE).