NASA, Astra to Send Another Set of Satellites in Orbit After Failure of Previous Weather Mission

NASA, Astra to Send Another Set of Satellites in Orbit After Failure of Previous Weather Mission

Rocket firm Astra Space’s mission to send tiny storm-monitoring NASA satellites to orbit on Sunday failed after a second-stage booster engine shut down early in space. The failure occurred roughly 10 minutes after a successful liftoff of Astra’s Rocket 3.3 at 1:43 p.m. ET (1743 GMT, or 11.30pm IST) from…