Blue Ghost Mission 2
Blue Ghost Mission 2, Riders 2 the Dark, is Firefly's dual-spacecraft far-side lunar mission planned no earlier than late 2026. Falcon 9 will launch the Blue Ghost 2 lander stacked on Elytra Dark; Elytra will deploy both the lander and SSTL's Lunar Pathfinder relay satellite in lunar orbit, then provide relay and imaging services while Blue Ghost lands near Nassau crater with six international payloads, including LuSEE-Night, User Terminal, SPIDER, Rashid Rover 2, and Volta's LightPort.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Riders 2 the DarkBlue Ghost 2Blue Ghost + Elytra
- Name
- Blue Ghost Mission 2
- Status
- planned
Details
- Astronauts
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- Description
- Blue Ghost Mission 2, Riders 2 the Dark, is Firefly's dual-spacecraft far-side lunar mission planned no earlier than late 2026. Falcon 9 will launch the Blue Ghost 2 lander stacked on Elytra Dark; Elytra will deploy both the lander and SSTL's Lunar Pathfinder relay satellite in lunar orbit, then provide relay and imaging services while Blue Ghost lands near Nassau crater with six international payloads, including LuSEE-Night, User Terminal, SPIDER, Rashid Rover 2, and Volta's LightPort.
- Outcome
- Planned and in flight-hardware assembly/testing after successful structural-qualification testing of the 6.9-meter Blue Ghost/Elytra stack. Firefly targets launch no earlier than late 2026, at least 10 days of Blue Ghost far-side surface operations, and five years of Elytra lunar-orbit relay and imaging service.
- Program
- Commercial Lunar Payload Services
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Ghost_Mission_2
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- April 26, 2026 at 15:34:08 UTC
- Image
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- Updated Time
- July 17, 2026 at 06:15:53 UTC
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