“Astra presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to apply my
experience designing and manufacturing beautiful products to ignite a new wave
of innovation in the space industry,” said Lyon. “Astra is incredibly
well-positioned to enable a new generation of space services, and the
possibilities for humanity are endless.”
Astra recently announced plans to go public on Nasdaq and
raise over $500M through a business combination with Holicity, Inc. (Nasdaq:
HOL), in order to productize and mass-produce spaceports, rockets, and
satellites and build a space services platform.
“We are thrilled to have Benjamin join us as we enter a new
phase of growth at Astra,” said Chris Kemp, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Astra.
“Benjamin’s unique experience helping to design and manufacture products at
scale will accelerate our mission of improving life on Earth from space.”
After becoming the fastest privately-funded company in
history to demonstrate orbital launch capability in December, Astra is
preparing to deliver commercial payloads this summer and start monthly launches
by the end of this year, scaling up to daily launches by 2025.
Astra was founded in October 2016 by Chris Kemp and Adam
London with the mission of launching a new generation of space services to
improve life on Earth. Visit www.astra.com for more information.
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