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On 7 June 2021, Astra announced their plans to acquire electric propulsion system manufacturer Apollo Fusion for $50 million, with the purchase being triggered by the merger with Holicity. [40] In July, Astra completed its first day as a public company on the Nasdaq, the first publicly traded space launch and rocket company on the exchange. [41 ...
The Astra Rocket was a small-lift space launch vehicle series designed, ... Rocket 3.3 failed 3 launches: 28 August 2021, 10 February 2022, 12 June 2022; see launch ...
This article lists orbital and suborbital launches during the second half of the year 2021, including launches planned for 2021 without a specific launch date. For all other spaceflight activities, see 2021 in spaceflight. For launches in the first half of 2021, see List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2021.
Space startup Astra launched its first Florida mission on Thursday, but NASA and university payloads were lost shortly after the rocket reached space.
Astra launched its Rocket 3.3 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sunday, but the mission to take two NASA payloads failed to reach orbit.
Astra launched this NASA mission from Cape Canaveral on Thursday, but the second stage of Rocket 3.3 appeared to tumble and the payloads were lost. Updates: Astra launches from Cape Canaveral, but ...
The latter rocket's development continued through 2021 at SpaceX's facility in Boca Chica, Texas, with a suborbital testing campaign continuing from the previous year. Starship prototype SN15 was the first testbed of the future rocket family to survive a launch and soft touchdown on 5 May 2021.
Rocket launch company Astra will no longer send the remaining NASA TROPICS payloads to space, but instead will launch other “comparable” scientific missions for the agency, the company ...