A backup copy of Eduardo Kac's Adsum will fly to the Moon aboard the Griffin lander in 2026
A backup copy of Kac's Adsum is manifested onboard the Griffin lunar lander via Astrobotic's MoonBox payload. Griffin is scheduled to land in the Nobile region near the lunar south pole (see below). Credit: Kac Studio. A backup copy of Kac's Adsum is manifested onboard the Griffin lunar lander, which is scheduled to fly to the Moon NET October 2026. Credit: Kac Studio.A backup copy of Kac's Adsum will fly to the Moon's surface inside this cylindrical payload. Credit: Astrobotic. With the succesful landing of Griffin in the Nobile region near the lunar south pole, expected Q4 2026, there will be two copies of Kac's Adsum on the Moon. Blue Ghost, which included Adsum, landed at Mare Crisium on March 2, 2025. Credit: Kac Studio. A view of the Griffin landing site next to Nobile Crater, near the Moon’s South Pole. Credit: Kac Studio based on an image captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit of the source image: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio; NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University. The Griffin lunar lander is currently being built at the Astrobotic headquarters, in Pittsburg. The picture above was released on October 24, 2025. Credit: Astrobotic.The Griffin lunar lander is currently being built at the Astrobotic headquarters, in Pittsburg. The picture above was taken on February 18, 2025. Credit: Astrobotic. A render of the Griffin lunar lander on the Moon. Credit: Astrobotic.
Diagram of the Griffin lunar lander. Credit: Astrobotic.
