This time, two NASA weather satellites were lost when the upper stage of Astra’s rocket shut down early before those satellites could reach orbit. NASA expects to pause its launch effort with Astra ...

California-based Astra on Sunday launched two shoebox-size NASA satellites from Cape Canaveral in a modest mission to improve hurricane forecasts, but the second stage of the company's low-cost ...

Astra thinks it knows what went wrong during last month's failed flight, which was the company's first-ever mission with operational payloads onboard. Astra's two-stage Launch Vehicle 0008 (LV0008) ...

Rocket launch company Astra isn’t starting out with the best track record, after its latest mission for NASA ended in failure — just a few months after its last rocket carrying payloads for the agency ...

Astra’s Rocket 3.3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral Feb. 10. The launch failed when the upper stage appeared to tumble after stage separation. Credit: Astra Space/NASASpaceFlight.com WASHINGTON — Astra ...

THE COMPANY ALSO APPEARS TO BE LOSING SOME IOFTS STRONGHOLD. IT WAS WORTH ONE-TRILLION DOLLARS IN JANUARY, NOW ITS VALUE AT $722 BILLION. JIM:JIM: WE REPORT FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER ABOUT WHAT COULD ...

Astra, a small-rocket company based in California still striving to reach orbit, has set of target date of October 27 for its next launch attempt. The rocket, simply named “LV0007,” will carry a test ...

March 14 (UPI) --California-based Astra Space scrubbed the launch of a rocket from Alaska on Monday due to a potential for lightning in the area, company officials said. The attempt was its first ...

Rocket launch startup Astra provided more details into its rather remarkable mission failure in August, during which the small launch vehicle hovered and drifted in the air before managing a brief ...

Small satellite launcher Astra says it has identified the culprit behind its bizarre launch failure in August, which caused the company’s rocket to hover sideways right after takeoff before briefly ...

Small rocket company Astra’s launch today out of Cape Canaveral, Florida, ended in failure a little more than three minutes after takeoff, when an unexpected issue cropped up during flight and ...