Astra Space (NASDAQ:ASTR) stock is in the news Friday after the U.S. space travel company revealed plans to go private.Astra Space is being taken private by a new parent company created by co-founder, chairman and CEO Chris Kemp, and co-founder, director and Chief Technology Officer Dr. Adam London.This parent company is proposing taking ASTR stock private for 50 cents per share. The closing price of the shares prior to this announcement was 86 cents. A special committee made up of independent and disintere ...