Blue Origin is pausing flights of its New Shepard suborbital spacecraft, which has carried 98 people, including paying customers and celebrities, to the edge of space since its first human launch in July 2021.

Each roughly ten-minute mission reaches the Kármán line about 62 miles above Earth before returning safely to West Texas.

The company says the suspension, lasting at least two years, will allow it to focus on developing human lunar landing capabilities under a $3.4 billion NASA contract.

Blue Origin’s lunar vehicle is slated for the third crewed Artemis moon landing, following SpaceX’s Starship on the first two missions, NPR has reported.

NASA must first complete Artemis II, a crewed lunar flyby, which may be delayed by unusually cold weather at the Florida launch site.