Astra changes strategy and ditches current rocket in the wake of launch debacles
Astra CEO Chris Kemp told investors Thursday that the company will be no longer launch payloads with its current lightweight vehicle, Rocket 3, and...
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Astra’s playing the long game
In a time when every rocket launch is livestreamed on Youtube, millions of people get a front row seat to a space company’s successes and failures....
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Astra moves full steam ahead after successful orbital launch, looks to test Rocket 4.0 next year
Rocket startup-turned-public company Astra Space is flying high Monday morning, with stock prices increasing as much as 42% since markets opened...
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Astra completes investigation into August launch failure, aims for next attempt in October
Rocket launch startup Astra provided more details into its rather remarkable mission failure in August, during which the small launch vehicle hovered...
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Astra awarded NASA launch contract for storm observation satellites
Astra, the Alameda-based space launch startup that recently announced its intent to go public via a SPAC merger, has secured a contract to deliver...
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Astra hires longtime Apple veteran Benjamin Lyon as chief engineer
New space startup Astra, which is currently focused on commercial rockets, but which plans to eventually build satellites, too, has hired one of...
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Rocket startup Astra is going public via SPAC
Rocket launch company Astra, which just reached space this past December with a test launch from Alaska, will be going public on the Nasdaq via a...
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