This award is a testament not only to our team's perseverance this past year, but also a validation of our vision for tactically responsive space.' ...

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I'll be frank: When Kemp and his co-founder, Adam London, took Astra private this summer, I never expected to hear from the company again. Astra certainly was not the first launch company to fail, and ...

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A prototype of Astra's Rocket 4 launch vehicle. Credit: Astra WASHINGTON — Astra has won a contract from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) worth up to $44 million to support development of its ...

While the low payload requirements of the Launch Challenge (Astra’s rocket can only lift 150 kg to orbit) means the launcher DARPA is looking for could never carry much of a warhead, the concept ...

Astra last week said it has received a potential $44 million contract from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to further ...

Astra Space says it’s made a deal with Tukwila, Wash.-based LeoStella to provide multiple electric propulsion systems for LeoStella’s small satellites, with deliveries due to begin later this ...

All the cool kids have a rocket company, and he wants one ... all this talk about and contracts for "responsive launch". DIU et. al. keeps throwing money around while ignoring the obvious answer ...

Learn how Astra will demonstrate new cargo space delivery solutions in the Defense Innovation Unit's NRSD project.

Read full article: What exactly is a rocket launch window and how is it determined ... the spaceport is more crowded than ever as SpaceX, ULA and Astra deliver satellites and astronauts into ...

Astra just got some help in getting its new rocket off the ground. The California-based company announced today (Oct. 23) that it has signed a contract with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), a U ...