Astra Space Inc. has a pretty big goal: to make getting things into space way cheaper and way more often. Think of it like this – right now, launching a satellite can be a really big deal, taking a ...

Astra has laid off 25% of its workforce since the beginning of the quarter and is reallocating at least 50 engineers and manufacturing staff away from its launch business to focus on spacecraft ...

Two years ago, Astra hailed its acquisition of satellite propulsion startup Apollo Fusion as a strategic move that would round out its launch business and bring expert engineers into the fold. But ...

In 2021, Bay Area startup Astra put a rocket in orbit in record time and netted a $2.1 billion valuation. Two years later, its stock is in the gutter, and as of Monday, the firm has laid off about a ...