

However, the space agency does not appear to have come to an agreement with the company. NASA would still like to include Blue Origin in its Artemis program, a source familiar with those talks said.

As recently as last week, senior leaders at NASA and Blue Origin were in talks to forestall such a lawsuit.

The new lawsuit escalates Blue Origin's feud with NASA. The lawsuit follows a decision in late July by the US Government Accountability Office that rejected a protest by Blue Origin and Dynetics over NASA's $2.9 billion award to SpaceX to further development of its Starship program. The company filed suit in the US Court of Federal Claims on Friday and received a protective order to seal the documents on Monday. Blue Origin has chosen to continue fighting NASA's selection of SpaceX to build a Human Landing System as part of the Artemis Moon program.
