Rocket Lab is challenging NASA's grant of a Mars communications orbiter deal to Blue Origin. The contract is worth up to $700 million. In 2021, Blue Origin contested NASA's choice of SpaceX for a crewed lunar lander. That dispute was connected to the lunar lander award.
Now Blue Origin has won the Mars orbiter deal. Rocket Lab is challenging the selection. Rocket Lab's challenge is the latest dispute. This time, Blue Origin is the award winner and Rocket Lab is the challenger.