{
  "id": 6469784,
  "title": "NASA Adds Relativity Space’s Terran R to Launch Services Contract",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/nasa-adds-relativity-spaces-terran-r-to-launch-services-contract",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-09T20:11:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NASA",
    "slug": "nasa",
    "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-adds-relativity-spaces-terran-r-to-launch-services-contract/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "NASA has awarded a contract to Relativity Space Inc. for the Terran R launch service under its Launch Services Program II (NLS II) contract. The contract, which runs from June 2030 to December 2032, is a multi-year, open-ended agreement that allows NASA to use the Terran R service for future missions as needed. The NLS II contract includes an annual on-ramp provision, which enables new launch service providers to compete for future missions, and also permits existing contractors to introduce new launch vehicles not currently on their NLS II contracts. The contract supports NASA's mission goals in human spaceflight, science, and research and technology. NASA's Launch Services Program Office at Kennedy Space Center in Florida manages the NLS II contracts.",
  "summary": "A NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract has been awarded by the agency to Relativity Space Inc., and its Terran R launch service in accordance with the contract’s on-ramp provision. The Terran R launch service will be available to NASA’s launch services to use for future missions. The NLS II contracts are multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts […]",
  "key_points": [
    "NASA contracts Relativity Space for Terran R launch service.",
    "NLS II agreement runs from June 2030 to December 2032.",
    "On-ramp provision allows new launch service providers to compete."
  ],
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      {
        "outlet": "NASA Science",
        "title": "NASA Adds Relativity Space’s Terran R to Launch Services Contract",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/nasa-adds-relativity-spaces-terran-r-to-launch-services-contract-6476959",
        "published": "2026-09-09T20:11:58.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}