NASA announced on Sept. 29, 2026, that it added Blue Origin's New Glenn 9×4 launch service to the NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract under a contract on-ramp clause. The service will be available to the agency's Launch Services Program Office for future missions.

NLS II contracts are multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity agreements, with an ordering period through June 2030 and an overall period of performance through December 2032. The contracts include an annual on-ramp provision allowing new providers to compete for future missions and existing contractors to introduce vehicles not currently covered.

According to NASA, the contracts support the goals of its Human Spaceflight, Science, and Research and Technology mission directorates, and can also provide launch services to other government agencies such as NOAA. The Launch Services Program Office at Kennedy Space Center in Florida manages the contracts.