Chris Kemp

Astra just delivered our first customer payloads into Earth orbit! I am so proud of the unwavering commitment of our incredible team. Thank you to our customers, shareholders, partners, and to @FAANews for helping us achieve this important milestone. #AdAstra @SpaceflightInc

Focus on what you can control. Build something, anything. A product, yourself, a family, your community, a team, a company or organization, relationships. Or help someone else do it. Don't complain or be a victim, ever. #PlayNiceButWin

Honored to be included again. Our focus stays the same: doing the work that gets us back to the pad. #adastra

@johnkrausphotos @NASAAdmin Congrats John! @johnkrausphotos

I’m humbled and energized to bring my passion for photography and storytelling to NASA and work under @NASAAdmin Jared Isaacman as Special Communications Assistant to the Administrator. With my focus now fully on working alongside the best and brightest at NASA, my independent media coverage and for-hire work comes to an end. Thank you all for following along over the years! Be sure to follow NASA’s channels to see great content from across the agency. I have deep respect for NASA’s communicators and creatives, individuals whose work I’ve followed and admired for a long time. I’m profoundly grateful for the opportunity to work with them to help continue sharing NASA’s story with the widest audience possible and inspiring the next generation to look up to the stars. Under Administrator Isaacman’s leadership, we will do just that. John Kraus Special Communications Assistant to the Administrator NASA

Congrats, @johnkrausphotos! You've captured so many unforgettable Astra moments — we can't wait to watch where your lens goes next with @NASAAdmin.

Congratulations @rookisaacman on your NASA confirmation! An exciting moment for NASA and the future of space exploration.

In the evolving landscape of space and defense, financial resilience is key. Trae Stephens really hits home in this thoughtful read. @Astra

@CadeArmy Over 100 this year

@Kemp With the satellite constellations planet is making along with SDA sats that use ASE how many systems are you able to produce from Alameda a year? I remember when you were using the Sunnyvale facility you were hoping to produce a few hundred a year.

Super cool to see what some of our customers are doing in low Earth orbit!

Our TPUs are headed to space!  Inspired by our history of moonshots, from quantum computing to autonomous driving, Project Suncatcher is exploring how we could one day build scalable ML compute systems in space, harnessing more of the sun’s power (which emits more power than 100 trillion times humanity’s total electricity production). Like any moonshot, it’s going to require us to solve a lot of complex engineering challenges. Early research shows our Trillium-generation TPUs (our tensor processing units, purpose-built for AI) survived without damage when tested in a particle accelerator to simulate low-earth orbit levels of radiation. However, significant challenges still remain like thermal management and on-orbit system reliability.  More testing and breakthroughs will be needed as we count down to launch two prototype satellites with @planet by early 2027, our next milestone of many. Excited for us to be a part of all the innovation happening in (this) space!

@JeffBezos Nice power slide!

@rookisaacman @POTUS @SecDuffy @NASA Congratulations, Jared! @rookisaacman

Thank you, Mr. President @POTUS, for this opportunity. It will be an honor to serve my country under your leadership. I am also very grateful to @SecDuffy, who skillfully oversees @NASA alongside his many other responsibilities. The support from the space-loving community has been overwhelming. I am not sure how I earned the trust of so many, but I will do everything I can to live up to those expectations. To the innovators building the orbital economy, to the scientists pursuing breakthrough discoveries and to dreamers across the world eager for a return to the Moon and the grand journey beyond--these are the most exciting times since the dawn of the space age-- and I truly believe the future we have all been waiting for will soon become reality. And to the best and brightest at NASA, and to all the commercial and international partners, we have an extraordinary responsibility--but the clock is running. The journey is never easy, but it is time to inspire the world once again to achieve the near-impossible--to undertake and accomplish big, bold endeavors in space...and when we do, we will make life better here at home and challenge the next generation to go even further. NASA will never be a caretaker of history--but will forever make history. Godspeed, President Donald J. Trump, and Godspeed NASA, as America leads the greatest adventure in human history 🇺🇸

ICBMs aren’t the only threat. Think millions of drones, forward-deployed in thousands of orbital rockets, launched from hundreds of mobile launchers deployed in dozens of countries. Golden Dome must be global, responsive, mass-produced, and unstoppable. @Astra is building the pipeline. 🚀 #EconSpace @alokjha

@mirandahw_ Not entirely machined, nor entirely copper :)

More progress!

@seruriermarshal Yes

@Kemp Rocket 4 first stage engine?

@Staudinger333 @AnirudhSuri @Astra We are focused on resuming launches of our mass-produced rocket, and delivering the most reliable satellite components at scale.

@Kemp @AnirudhSuri Are you implying that @Astra is going to start building a constellation as well?

My thoughts on the incredible geopolitical power asymmetry created by integrating Rockets, Ai, Drones, and Satellites (RAIDS). The country that deploys RAIDS first at scale wins. Great discussion with @AnirudhSuri on The Great Tech Game - youtu.be/UQoV_WC1z8M?si…

@Bearonomist 2

@Kemp How many of these will we see on the first stage?

Less parts, more power! Made in America by Astra.

@Alexphysics13 42,000 pounds

@Alexphysics13 42

@ikirigin Simple scales.