Astra Space, Inc. announced the evolution of its management team to include program execution. The updated management team will include: Giovanni Greco will lead Launch System Delivery. Gio has been leading product engineering at Astra.

In this expanded role, Gio will now be accountable for successful delivery of a launch system. He was previously chief engineer and senior technical director of the New Shepard program at Blue Origin. Gio received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and his Master's of Engineering in Composite Materials from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Jonathan Donaldson will lead Astra Spacecraft Engine™ Delivery. Jonathan has been leading program management at Astra. In this new role, Jonathan will now be accountable for successful delivery of Astra Spacecraft Engines™.

He previously was a Senior Engineering Director in the Office of the CTO at Google, and prior to that was Vice President and GM of Software Defined Infrastructure at Intel. Doug Kunzman will lead Launch and Test Operations. Doug will continue to lead Launch and Test Operations.

Doug brings with him nearly 40 years of experience in the US Navy, as well as two years at Blue Origin as Senior Director of New Shepard Operations and Maintenance. Bryson Gentile will lead Manufacturing. Bryson will continue to lead launch system and spacecraft engine manufacturing and production.

He previously led the manufacturing engineering team at SpaceX for the Falcon 9 rocket where he accelerated rocket production, reliability, and reusability. Bryson holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.S. in Engineering and Industrial Management from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo. Senior leaders from SpaceX, Blue Origin and Google to report directly to CEO.