NASA has paused SpaceX's $2.9 billion moon-landing contract so courts can review a lawsuit from Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin

• NASA will pause its SpaceX moon-landing contract until November.
• The delay gives courts time to arbitrate a lawsuit from Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, a SpaceX competitor.
• Blue Origin sued NASA on Monday, and has protested against SpaceX winning the contract.

NASA has agreed to delay work on its $2.9 billion $4 with SpaceX while a federal court reviews a lawsuit brought by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, which originally competed with SpaceX for the contract.

The space agency has agreed to pause the contract until November 1 while the US Court of Federal Claims arbitrates the suit, according to a $4.

"All parties" agreed to a pause on the moon-lander work in exchange for the "expedited litigation schedule," a NASA spokesperson $4 in a statement.

"NASA officials are continuing to work with the Department of Justice to review the details of the case and look forward to a timely resolution of this matter," they said.

NASA plans to put $4 by 2024 as part of its $4 - $4 last achieved the feat.

In April, it awarded Elon Musk's $4 a $4 contract to build a lunar spacecraft, a decision that Bezos criticized in a $4 on Blue Origin's website. He argued that NASA's "single source approach" had put "an end to meaningful competition to years to come."

Read more: The startup that built Elon Musk's tiny house now has a 50,000-person wait list, even though its factory isn't running yet and it's only built 3 homes>$4

Blue Origin $4 with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that month, which the federal spending watchdog $4. NASA only had enough funding to $4, and "did not violate procurement law or regulation," the GAO said $4.

Blue Origin stepped up its challenge on Monday when it filed a lawsuit, which is $4.

A Blue Origin spokesperson $4 that it wanted to "remedy flaws in the acquisition process found in NASA's Human Landing System."

NASA, Blue Origin, and SpaceX did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.