Rocket Lab’s out-of-the-blue protest against NASA’s commissioning Blue Origin to develop the Mars Telecommunications Network ...

Eligible bidders needed prior NASA funding for a Mars Sample Return study and a proposal featuring a separately launched telecommunications orbiter.

The agency finally reached a decision earlier this month, selecting Blue Origin to develop, launch, and operate a $700 million spacecraft at Mars. However, the main competitor for the award, Rocket ...

Rocket Lab still holds out hope that it can build NASA's next Mars orbiter. The agency picked Blue Origin for that job earlier this month, awarding Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company $700 million to ...

Rocket Lab Inc. filed a protest against NASA over its choice of Blue Origin Enterprises for the $700 million Mars ...

Rocket Lab is challenging NASA’s award of the Mars Telecommunications Network program to Blue Origin, arguing the agency’s source selection was faulty. “NASA’s award decision appears to be ...

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Rocket Lab has filed a formal protest with the Government Accountability Office, contesting NASA's $700 million Mars orbiter contract awarded to Blue Origin.