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Jul 2026
Month
launch status: TBD
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Falcon Heavy – Griffin Mission One – SpaceX (Commercial) — Lunar Orbit (LO) — Lunar Exploration
Launch Complex 39A — Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Astrobotic Technology πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ (Private)

Demonstration flight of the Astrobotic Griffin lander and its engines, initially contracted for the cancelled NASA VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) mission. The vacated payload spot will now host the FLIP (FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform) lunar rover from Astrolab.

Nov 2026
Month
launch status: TBD
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Falcon 9 Block 5 – Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 2 – SpaceX (Commercial) — Lunar Orbit (LO) — Lunar Exploration
Unknown Pad — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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)