Griffin Mission One

Falcon Heavy, SpaceX

Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Launch time

No earlier than

NET December 2026

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Source updated Thu 1 Oct, 16:26 CEST

Updated 11 Oct, 00:22 CEST

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No changes since we started tracking on Sat 10 Oct 2026, 10:32 UTC.

Thu 1 Oct 2026, 14:26 UTCLL2 update
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Thu 18 Jul 2024, 06:53 UTCLL2 update
VIPER cancelled, but launch of the lander still scheduled for fall 2025
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Fri 24 May 2024, 02:12 UTCLL2 update
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Mon 18 Jul 2022, 20:56 UTCLL2 update
Mission delayed due to NASA's request for additional lander tests
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Mission

Griffin Mission One on Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A. Launch time, status and recorded date changes from Launch Library 2.

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.

Mission type: Lunar Exploration
Orbit: Lunar Orbit

Rocket file imagery

A Falcon Heavy climbs on a bright exhaust plume, with palms in the foreground and its launch tower below. — File imagery: Psyche, 13 October 2023. Falcon Heavy lifting off from Launch Complex 39A.
Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani · Public domain (NASA) · Source

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Launch pad

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA (US)

Coordinates: 28.60822681, -80.60428186

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