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The Astra Space rocket that launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday but ultimately failed to deliver its payload to orbit ended up crashing into the ocean, according to a report from The Associated Press.

Astra's latest attempt to transport NASA's CubeSat failed after the upper stage spaceship lost control mid-flight.

The Astra Space rocket that launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday but ultimately failed to deliver its payload to orbit ended up crashing into the ocean, according to a report from The Associated Press.

Astra launched its first rocket from Florida’s ‘Space Coast’ today, with a liftoff from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. It was the startup’s second attempt after an earlier one was scrubbed on Monday due to a technical issue, and this time the rocket got off the pad — but unfortunately, […]

Astra failed to deliver four satellites to orbit as planned today (Feb. 10) in the companys first-ever orbital launch from the contiguous United States.

NASA said an "in-flight anomaly" prevented the rocket's payload of research satellites from being delivered to orbit.

ELaNa stands for the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites program, which has sent more than 100 CubeSats into space since its 2010 inception under NASA's Launch Services Program that contracted Astra for this mission. Headquartered in Alameda, California, Astra is one of a burgeoning array of new firms building small-payload launch systems to cash in on the exponential growth in compact satellites needing a ride to orbit.

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - California-based rocket startup Astra Space Inc aborted the planned liftoff of its first operational satellite launch, a N...

The countdown was halted at T-minus zero, just moments before Astra's two-stage, kerosene-fueled Launch Vehicle 0008, also known as Rocket 3.3, was due to blast off.

The NASA ELaNa 41 mission will be California space startup Astras first ever launch from the Lower 48 states.