Falcon 9 Block 5 | Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 2
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 2

Lunar Exploration

Dec30
7:00 PM ET
Wednesday, December 30, 2026
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T-181d 13:57:52
Unknown Pad
Launch ConfidenceLIKELY
67%

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Weather forecast available in ~175 days

Mission

2nd lunar lander developed by Firefly Aerospace. The Blue Ghost lander will be of a new two-stage version utilizing an Elytra Dark transfer vehicle to place it and the European Space Agency's Lunar Pathfinder experimental communication satellite into Lunar orbit. The lander will land on the far side of the Moon with 2 NASA payloads: * Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment (LuSEE-Night) * User Terminal (UT)

Lighting Conditions

Nighttime
Sun -18° WSW

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