Chris Kemp
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Chris Kemp is the founder and CEO of Astra, a California-based space technology company he co-founded with Dr. Adam London in 2016. Earlier in his career, he served as chief information officer for NASA Ames Research Center and as NASA's first chief technology officer for information technology. During his time at NASA, he partnered with Google and Microsoft, helped create Google Moon and Google Mars, and worked with the White House on the United States Federal Government's cloud computing strategy. He also co-founded OpenStack and was one of the founders of Nebula, which worked to commercialize related cloud computing technology from 2011 to 2015.
Updated 4 September 2026
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