ASTR Stock: What Investors Are Saying About Astra Space as Shares Free Fall Today

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Astra Space (NASDAQ:ASTR) stock is falling hard on Monday after the company held a rocket launch over the weekend that didn’t go as planned.

Rocket launching into space representing ASTR stock.

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Astra Space was attempting to launch its LV0006 rocket into orbit when one of the main five engines refused to start. As a result, the rocket slid sideways before taking off, and the other engines had to be shut off.

This failed launch only saw the rocket get to 164,000 feet before coming back down to Earth. Even worse is the fact that it was carrying a payload from the U.S. Space Force for its Space Test Program.

Obviously, this isn’t the outcome that Astra Space was hoping for. ASTR shareholders weren’t happy with it either as shares started to plummet during pre-market trading this morning.

Let’s see what some shareholders in ASTR stock are saying about the failed launch attempt over on Twitter (NYSE:TWTR).

ASTR Stock Twitter Talk

It comes as no surprise that ASTR stock is seeing heavy trading today after that launch. As of this writing, more than 10 million shares of the stock have changed hands. That’s well above its daily average trading volume of about 4 million shares.

ASTR stock was down 17.1% as of Monday afternoon.

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