Firefly Receives Fourth NASA Moon Mission

After a successful debut mission, Blue Ghost lunar lander will fly rovers and scientific instruments to the moon in 2029.

Jack Daleo

Friday, August 01, 2025 at 08:00 AM ET

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Travis Tingle

Artist’s rendering of Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander with NASA payloads at the moon’s south pole. [Courtesy: Firefly Aerospace]

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Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander has secured a fourth mission with NASA, a $176.7 million contract to deliver two rovers and three scientific instruments to the lunar south pole in 2029.
This award follows Blue Ghost's successful debut mission, which made it the first privately built lander to achieve a soft moon landing and became NASA's most successful Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) project to date.
The mission aims to explore the moon's south pole, a crucial region for potential resources for the Artemis campaign, and will also feature Firefly's new Elytra Dark orbital vehicle for deployment and communication relay.

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After a successful debut earlier this year, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander has been tapped for a fourth moon mission.

NASA on Tuesday announced that Firefly won a $176.7 million task order for the delivery of two rovers and three scientific instruments to the lunar south pole in 2029. The award comes just months after Blue Ghost became the first privately built lander to survive a landing on the rocky satellite.