Theme

Surface power

Power that stays on after landing - solar arrays, batteries, night survival, and shared surface power.

Cargo

Jobs

Nova-C power system

Intuitive Machines in-house Nova-C power subsystem (solar + battery/PCDU class) as part of vertically integrated lander OEM claim.

Blue Ghost power / solar

Firefly vertical-integration claim for Blue Ghost power and solar resources supporting payload ops through lunar day.

PILS photovoltaic investigation (GRC)

Photovoltaic Investigation on the Lunar Surface (PILS) multi-technology solar array experiment on Blue Ghost M3 / CP-21 for lunar-environment solar performance.

Flights

Beresheet2019-02-22 · SpaceIL / IAI Beresheet - private/national hybrid soft-landing attempt.
Chandrayaan-32023-07-14 · ISRO national soft-landing mission near lunar south polar highlands.
SLIM2023-09-07 · JAXA SLIM precision soft-landing demo.
IM-1 Odysseus2024-02-15 · IM-1 Odysseus (TO2-IM): first commercial soft landing (Feb 2024).
Blue Ghost Mission 12025-01-15 · Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 (TO19D ~$93.3M): Falcon 9 launch 2025-01-15 · soft landing (upright) Mare Crisium 2025-03-02 · all 10 NASA.
IM-2 Athena2025-02-27 · IM-2 Athena (PRIME-1 path): south polar attempt (Mar 2025).
IM-3 TrinityNET H2 2026 · Intuitive Machines IM-3 (CLPS CP-11): Nova-C Trinity - NASA Moon Base III.
IM-4NET ~2027 · Six NASA science payloads to Mons Mouton / south polar highlands.
Blue Ghost Mission 2NET 2027 · Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 2 (CS-3 ~$112M, charter-bg2): planned far-side dual-stack (Blue Ghost stacked on Elytra Dark + ESA Lunar.
Artemis IIINET 2027 · First crewed Artemis lunar landing architecture (SLS + Orion + HLS).
Starship Lunar Cargo (HLS path)NET late 2020s-2030s (HLS path) · SpaceX Starship lunar architecture: NASA HLS crew lander path (Option A/B) plus heavy cargo configurations.
Artemis IVNET 2028 · National crewed lunar landing architecture after Artemis III.
Blue Ghost Mission 4NET ~2029 · South-pole CLPS with multiple rovers (MoonRanger, CSA path) and instruments.

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