Overview

• The CLPS task order covers Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 4, targeting a 2029 landing at the Moon’s south pole with a performance period through March 2030.
• Firefly will deploy two rovers and three stationary instruments aimed at evaluating lunar resources, surface chemistry, and exhaust plume interactions.
• The mission architecture uses the Elytra Dark transfer vehicle to deliver the Blue Ghost lander and then remain in lunar orbit for over five years to support communications and imaging services.
• Payloads include NASA’s MoonRanger microrover, a Canadian Space Agency rover, stereo cameras for plume studies, a laser retroreflector array, and a laser ionization mass spectrometer.
• Findings on hydrogen-bearing volatiles and regolith composition will underpin long-term human presence plans under the Artemis campaign.