NASA will allow other companies to vie for its prestigious moon-landing mission as the SpaceX Starship rocket that's supposed to lower astronauts to the lunar surface is falling behind schedule in ...

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Blue Origin, owned by Jeff Bezos, and Lockheed Martin are among the contractors that may compete with Elon Musk’s company in the race back to the lunar surface.

NASA's top official on Monday said the U.S. space agency was opening up the contract for its Artemis 3 moon mission to compete against SpaceX, which he said was running behind schedule.

NASA's acting administrator accused SpaceX on Monday of falling "behind" and said he plans to reopen contracts to get U.S. astronauts "back to the moon in 2028." ...

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SpaceX could lose its much-prized contract to put astronauts on the moon in the Artemis III mission that will mark the first crewed landing on the lunar surface since the final Apollo mission in 1972.

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said SpaceX is “behind schedule” and thwarting the space agency’s ability to beat China back to the moon.

NASA acting administrator Sean Duffy made two television appearances on Monday morning in which he shook up the space agency’s plans to return humans to the Moon.

SpaceX originally competed for its lunar lander contract and won over two other finalists in 2021. NASA also awarded Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin a second contract to develop a lunar lander in 2023 worth ...

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NASA’s acting administrator says he plans to “open up the contract” SpaceX holds to land astronauts on the moon for the Artemis 3 mission.