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Meet the Team: Gio Greco
In his role as Vice President of Vehicle Engineering, Gio oversees Astra’s product engineering organization, designing, testing and certifying our rockets. Gio brings more than a decade of experience with spacecraft in addition to automotive and maritime engineering. What challenges are you looking forward to…
Meet the Team: Matt Ganser
Matt recently joined Astra as VP of Business Operations, where he will lead Spaceport Services and Real Estate Services to ensure our customers have flexible and affordable launch options and Astra has the assets necessary to make daily space delivery possible. Matt’s career has focused…
Meet the Team: Will Drewery
Will Drewery is a manufacturing and supply chain executive with experience spanning across automotive, construction, and industrial automation robotics industries. As Astra’s VP of Supply Chain, Will is responsible for identifying, sourcing, and distributing the materials and services necessary to operate the business. Prior to…
Giovanni Greco Joins Astra as VP of Vehicle Engineering
Greco to leverage over two decades of experience engineering state-of-the-art vehicles to advance rocket production ALAMEDA, California - March 16. Astra today announced that Giovanni Greco joined the company as Vice President of Vehicle Engineering. Greco comes from Blue Origin, where he served as Senior…
Meet the Team: Kelyn Brannon
Meet the Team: Kelyn Brannon As Astra brings on talent, we’ll profile new and veteran members of the Astra team and community as we work toward our mission of improving life on Earth from space. This week we speak with Kelyn Brannon. As Astra’s Chief…
Meet the Team: Benjamin Lyon
As Astra brings on talent, we’ll profile new and veteran members of the Astra team and community as we work toward our mission of improving life on Earth from space. First up, Benjamin Lyon. Benjamin recently joined us as Chief Engineer to help lead our…
Astra Teams Up With NASA to Help Study Hurricanes
We’re happy to share the news that NASA has chosen Astra to help carry out a mission that beautifully reflects our vision of improving life on Earth from space. Under a newly-awarded contract as part of the agency’s Tropics program, Astra will launch six NASA…
Apple Veteran Benjamin Lyon Joins Astra as Chief Engineer
Lyon brings to Astra two decades of experience at Apple designing and manufacturing hardware ALAMEDA, Calif. - Astra today announced that Benjamin Lyon will join Astra as Chief Engineer. Lyon has led the development of core technologies for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Astra is…
Astra to become the first publicly traded space launch company on NASDAQ via merger with Holicity
BlackRock-managed funds and accounts lead investment in Astra to launch a new generation of space services to improve life on Earth ALAMEDA, Calif., February 2, 2021 - Astra, the fastest privately-funded company in history to demonstrate orbital launch capability, and Holicity Inc. (NASDAQ: HOL) (“Holicity”),…
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