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Alameda CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2023 - Astra Space, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTR) has announced a strategic reallocation of its workforce from its Launch Services organization to its Astra Spacecraft Engines business to support its growing custome

REDMOND, Wash. — Space industry contractors in the Seattle area had their turn in the spotlight this week during a nationwide “victory lap” celebrating last year’s successful Artemis 1 round-the-moon mission. “Without your engines … we can’t go anywhere,” Carlos Garcia-Galan, an integration manager for NASA’s Orion spacecraft, told employees and VIPs at Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Redmond facility today. “We can’t get t...

Watch this space: The Chandrayaan-3 mission left Earth's orbit in the same week that NASA regained contact with Voyager-2.

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…

Astra has laid off 25% of its workforce and is reallocating at least 50 staff away from its launch business to focus on spacecraft production.

Astra Space, Inc. today announced a strategic reallocation of its workforce from its Launch Services organization to its Astra Spacecraft Engines™ business to support its growing customer base...

A mockup of the engine section of NASA's new monstrous moon rocket will soon stand among historic boosters from the early years of the space program at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Alabama.

Amid escalating regional tensions and global uncertainty, Japan fortifies its defense posture with the introduction of two advanced Aegis System Equipped Vessels (ASEVs), representing a critical stride in enhancing its missile defense capabilities and bolstering national security.

A mockup of the engine section of NASAs new monstrous moon rocket will soon stand among historic boosters from the early years of the space program at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Alabama.

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 production, the company said Friday. The reallocation and layoffs are expected to delay testing of the under-development Rocket 4 and Launch System 2.0, Astra said. Astra, which is facing dwindling cash reserves, is no doubt looking for a way to further reduce operating expenses while also bolstering it...