I'll be frank: When Kemp and his co-founder, Adam London, took Astra private this summer, I never expected to hear from the ...

Launch startup Astra has secured a contract with the US military, worth up to $44 million, to continue developing its new Rocket 4 vehicle.

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Astra has won a contract from the Defense Innovation Unit worth up to $44 million to support development of its Rocket 4 launch vehicle.

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

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 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 ...

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

Welcome to Edition 7.17 of the Rocket Report! Next week marks 10 years since one of the more spectacular launch failures of ...

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 ...