KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Interim NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said Monday that NASA was reopening the contract for the Artemis III moon lander after delays with development of SpaceX’s Starship.

SpaceX had been awarded the human landing system contract for both Artemis III and IV while Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin won a contract to service the Artemis V mission.

Speaking with CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Duffy said he’s opening the contract back up to push to ensure a lunar landing by 2028.

“I love SpaceX. It’s an amazing company. The problem is they’re behind. They’ve pushed their timelines out, and we’re in a race against China,” he said. “The president and I want to get to the moon in this president’s term.”

Artemis II will be the first crewed mission of Orion launching atop the Space Launch Syst

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