Document:

Exhibit 10.8

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
(this“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of February 1, 2021, by and between Astra Space, Inc. (the“
Company”) and Chris Kemp (the“Executive”), to be effective as of the Closing Date (the“
Effective Date”), as such term is defined in that certain Business Combination Agreement by and between Holicity
Inc., Holicity Merger Sub Inc. and the Company, dated as of the date hereof (the“Business Combination Agreement”).
In the event the Closing (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) does not occur for any reason, this Agreement will
be void and of no force or effect.

 

WHEREAS, the Executive possesses
certain experience and expertise that qualifies the Executive to provide the direction and leadership required by the Company; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires
to continue to employ the Executive as Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company following the Closing and the Executive
wishes to accept such employment;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the mutual covenants contained herein and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Company and the Executive agree as follows:

 

1. EMPLOYMENT

 

1.1 Position. Effective as of the Effective
Date, the Executive will be employed by the Company, on a full-time basis, as its Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. In
addition, for so long as the Executive is employed by the Company, the Executive will serve as a director or officer of one or more
of the Company’s Affiliates as may be required from time to time, in each case, without further compensation. Effective
immediately upon termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, the Executive will be deemed to have resigned from
all such positions and offices the Executive may then hold at the Company or any of its Affiliates.

 

1.2 Duties. The Executive agrees to perform the
duties of the Executive’s position and such other duties as may reasonably be assigned to the Executive from time to time. The
Executive also agrees that, while employed by the Company, the Executive will devote the Executive’s full business time and
best efforts, business judgment, skill and knowledge to the advancement of the business interests of the Company and its Affiliates
and to the discharge of the Executive’s duties and responsibilities for them; provided, that the Executive’s
service as a director, trustee or committee member of civic or charitable organizations will not be in violation of the foregoing,
in each case, to the extent such service does not interfere with the effective discharge of the Executive’s duties and
responsibilities hereunder, create a conflict of interest or violate the Executive’s obligations under Section 3
hereof.

 

1.3 Compliance with Policy. The Executive agrees
that, while employed by the Company, the Executive will comply with all applicable policies, practices and procedures, and codes of
ethics or business conduct of the Company or any of its Affiliates, as in effect from time to time.

 

     

     

    

 

2. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

 

During the Executive’s
employment hereunder, as compensation for all services performed by the Executive for the Company and its Affiliates, the Company will
provide the Executive the following compensation and benefits:

 

2.1 Base Salary.
From and after the Effective Date, the Company will pay the Executive a base salary at the rate of $600,000 per year, payable
in accordance with the ordinary payroll practices of the Company and subject to adjustment from time to time by the Board in its
discretion (as adjusted from time to time, the“Base Salary”).

 

2.2 Employee Benefits. The
Executive will be entitled to participate in all employee benefit plans as in effect from time to time for employees of the Company
generally, except to the extent such plans are duplicative of benefits otherwise provided to the Executive under this Agreement. The
Executive’s participation will be subject to the terms of the applicable plan documents and generally applicable Company
policies, as the same may be in effect from time to time, and any other restrictions or limitations imposed by law.

 

2.3 Vacations. The
Executive will be eligible to accrue vacation time in accordance with the policies of the Company as in effect from time to time,
which vacation time will be in addition to any holidays observed by the Company. Vacation may be taken at such times and intervals
as the Executive determines, subject to the business needs of the Company. Vacation otherwise will be subject to the policies of the
Company as in effect from time to time.

 

2.4 Business Expenses. The
Company will pay or reimburse the Executive for all reasonable business expenses incurred or paid by the Executive in the
performance of the Executive’s duties and responsibilities hereunder, subject to any expense reimbursement policies of the
Company as in effect from time to time and to such reasonable substantiation and documentation as may be specified by the Company
from time to time. The Executive’s right to payment or reimbursement hereunder will be subject to the following additional
rules: (i) the amount of expenses eligible for payment or reimbursement during any calendar year will not affect the expenses
eligible for payment or reimbursement in any other calendar year; (ii) payment or reimbursement will be made not later than December
31 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense was incurred; and (iii) the right to payment or
reimbursement will not be subject to liquidation or exchange for any other benefit.

 

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3.
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND RESTRICTED ACTIVITIES

 

3.1 Confidential
Information. During the course of the Executive’s employment with the Company, the Executive has learned and will continue
to learn of Confidential Information and has developed and will continue to develop Confidential Information on behalf of the
Company and its Affiliates. The Executive agrees not to use or disclose to any Person (except as required or permitted by applicable
law or for the proper performance of the Executive’s regular duties and responsibilities for the Company) any Confidential
Information obtained by the Executive incident to the Executive’s employment or any other association with the Company or
any of its Affiliates (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such information acquired with respect to the Executive’s
employment with Astra Space, Inc. prior to the Effective Date). The Executive agrees that this restriction will continue to apply
after the Executive’s employment terminates, regardless of the reason for such termination. For the avoidance of doubt,
(i) nothing contained in this Agreement limits, restricts or in any other way affects the Executive’s communicating with
any governmental agency or entity, or communicating with any official or staff person of a governmental agency or entity, concerning
matters relevant to such governmental agency or entity; and (ii) the Executive will not be held criminally or civilly liable under
any federal or state trade secret law for disclosing a trade secret (A) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government
official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation
of law, or (B) in a complaint or other document filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding, provided, however,
that notwithstanding this immunity from liability, the Executive may be held liable if the Executive unlawfully accesses or discloses
trade secrets by unauthorized means.

 

3.2 Protection
of Documents. All documents, records and files, in any media of whatever kind and description, relating to the business, present
or otherwise, of the Company or any of its Affiliates, and any copies, in whole or in part, thereof (the“Documents”),
whether or not prepared by the Executive, will be the sole and exclusive property of the Company. The Executive agrees to safeguard
all Documents and to surrender to the Company, at the time the Executive’s employment terminates or at such earlier time
or times as the Board or its designee may specify, all Documents then in the Executive’s possession or control. The Executive
also agrees to disclose to the Company, at the time the Executive’s employment terminates or at such earlier time or times
as the Board or its designee may specify, all passwords necessary to obtain access to any Confidential Information or Company
information that the Executive has password-protected on any computer equipment, network or system of the Company or any of its
Affiliates.

 

3.3 Assignment of Rights to Intellectual
Property. The Executive will promptly and fully disclose all Intellectual Property to the Company. The Executive hereby assigns
and agrees to assign to the Company (or as otherwise directed by the Company) the Executive’s full right, title and interest
in and to all Intellectual Property. The Executive agrees to execute any and all applications for domestic and foreign patents,
copyrights or other proprietary rights and to do such other acts (including, without limitation, the execution and delivery of
instruments of further assurance or confirmation and the provision of good faith testimony in person or by declaration or affidavit)
requested by the Company to assign the Intellectual Property to the Company (or as otherwise directed by the Company) and to permit
the Company to secure, prosecute and enforce any patents, copyrights or other proprietary rights to the Intellectual Property. The
Executive will not charge the Company or any of its Affiliates for time spent in complying with these obligations. All copyrightable
works that the Executive creates during the Executive’s employment will be considered “work made for hire” and
will, upon creation, be owned exclusively by the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Executive
acknowledges and agrees that the provisions of this Section 3.3 will not apply to any Invention that qualifies fully for
exclusion under the provisions of Section 2870 of the California Labor Code, the terms of which are set forth in Exhibit A
attached hereto.

 

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3.4 Restricted Activities. The Executive agrees
to the following restrictions on the Executive’s activities during and, to the extent applicable, after the Executive’s
employment, and further agrees that such restrictions are necessary to protect the goodwill, Confidential Information, trade secrets
and other legitimate interests of the Company and its Affiliates:

 

(a) Non-Competition.
While the Executive is employed by the Company, the Executive will not, directly or indirectly, whether as an owner, partner, investor,
consultant, agent, employee, co-venturer or otherwise, compete with, undertake any planning to compete with, or assist or encourage any
other Person in competing with or undertaking any planning to compete with, the Company or any of its Affiliates. Specifically, but without
limiting the foregoing, the Executive agrees not to work for or provide services to, in any capacity, whether with or without compensation,
any Person that is engaged in any business anywhere that is competitive with the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates, as
conducted or in active planning at any time during the Executive’s employment with the Company.

 

(b) Non-Solicitation
of Business Partners. While the Executive is employed by the Company, the Executive will not, directly or indirectly, and will
not assist or encourage any other Person to, (i) solicit or encourage any customer, vendor, supplier or other business partner of the
Company or any of its Affiliates to terminate, diminish or otherwise change in any manner adverse to the Company or any of its Affiliates
his, her or its relationship with any of them; or (ii) seek to persuade any such customer, vendor, supplier or business partner, or any
prospective customer, vendor, supplier or business partner of the Company or any of its Affiliates, to conduct with anyone else any business
or activity that such Person conducts or could conduct with the Company or any of its Affiliates.

 

(c)
Non-Solicitation of Employees and Other Service Providers. While the Executive is employed by the Company, except as required
for the proper performance of the Executive’s regular duties and responsibilities hereunder, the Executive will not, directly
or indirectly, and will not assist or encourage any other Person to, hire or engage any employee of the Company or any of its
Affiliates. While the Executive is employed by the Company, except as required for the proper performance of the Executive’s
regular duties and responsibilities hereunder, and during the twelve- (12) month period immediately following termination of the
Executive’s employment, regardless of the reason therefor (in the aggregate, the“Non-Solicitation Period”),
the Executive will not, directly or indirectly, and will not assist or encourage any other Person to, (i) solicit for hiring or
engagement any employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates or seek to persuade any such employee to discontinue employment;
or (ii) solicit or encourage any independent contractor providing services to the Company or any of its Affiliates to terminate,
diminish or otherwise change in any manner adverse to the Company or any of its Affiliates his, her or its relationship with any
of them. For purposes of this Section 3.4(c), an “employee” or “independent contractor” of the
Company or any of its Affiliates is any Person who was such at any time during the twelve- (12) month period immediately preceding
the activity restricted by this Section 3.4(c).

 

(d) Non-Disparagement.
Subject to the provisions of Section 3.1, while the Executive is employed by the Company and at all times following termination
of the Executive’s employment, regardless of the reason therefor, the Executive will not, directly or indirectly, disparage or criticize
the Company or any of its Affiliates, their respective businesses, management, employees, officers, directors, customers, products or
services, and the Executive otherwise will not do or say anything that could disrupt the good morale of employees of the Company or any of
its Affiliates or harm the interests or reputation of the Company or any of its Affiliates. The Company will not disparage or criticize
the Executive in authorized public statements, and will instruct its senior-level executives and members of the Board not to, directly
or indirectly, disparage or criticize the Executive to any Person following termination of the Executive’s employment hereunder.

 

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3.5 Enforcement. In signing
this Agreement, the Executive gives the Company assurance that the Executive has carefully read and considered all the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, including the restraints imposed on the Executive under this Section 3, that the Executive has
not relied on any agreements or representations, express or implied, that are not set forth expressly in this Agreement, and that
the Executive has entered into this Agreement knowingly and voluntarily. The Executive agrees that these restraints are necessary
for the reasonable and proper protection of the Company and its Affiliates, and that each and every one of the restraints is
reasonable in respect to subject matter, length of time and geographic area. The Executive further agrees that, were the Executive
to breach any of the covenants contained in this Section 3, the damage to the Company and its Affiliates would be
irreparable. The Executive therefore agrees that the Company, in addition and not in the alternative to any other remedies available
to it, will be entitled to preliminary and permanent injunctive relief against any breach or threatened breach by the Executive of
any such covenants, without having to post bond. So that the Company may enjoy the full benefit of the covenants contained in Section
3.4(c), the Executive further agrees that the Non-Solicitation Period will be tolled, and will not run, during the period of any
breach by the Executive of the covenants contained therein. In the event that any provision of this Section 3 is determined
by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable by reason of its being extended over too great a time, too large a
geographic area or too great a range of activities, that provision will be deemed to be modified to permit its enforcement to the
maximum extent permitted by law. It is also agreed that each of the Company’s Affiliates will have the right to enforce all of
the Executive’s obligations to that Affiliate under this Agreement, including, without limitation, pursuant to this Section
3. No claimed breach of this Agreement or other violation of law attributed to the Company or any of its Affiliates, or change
in the nature or scope of the Executive’s employment or other relationship with the Company or any of its Affiliates, will
operate to excuse the Executive from the performance of the Executive’s obligations under this Section 3.

 

4. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

 

The Executive’s employment
under this Agreement will continue until terminated pursuant to this Section 4.

 

4.1 In General.
The Executive’s employment may be terminated by the Company or by the Executive at any time upon sixty (60) days’
prior written notice to the other party; provided, however, that the Board may elect to waive such notice period
or any portion thereof, in which case the Company will continue to pay the Base Salary for that portion of the notice period so
waived.

 

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4.2 Termination
by the Company for Cause. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.1, the Company may terminate the Executive’s
employment immediately for Cause upon written notice to the Executive setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of the Cause.
For purposes of this Agreement,“Cause” means the occurrence of any of the following,
as determined by the Board in its reasonable judgment: (i) the Executive’s material failure to perform (other than by reason
of disability), or substantial misconduct in the performance of, the Executive’s duties and responsibilities for the Company
or any of its Affiliates which causes material harm to the Company; (ii) the Executive’s material and demonstrable breach
of any provision of Section 3 or of any other confidentiality, invention assignment or other restrictive covenant obligation
set forth in any written agreement by and between the Executive and the Company or any of its Affiliates; (iii) the Executive’s
material and demonstrable breach of any other provision of this Agreement or any other written agreement by and between the Executive
and the Company or any of its Affiliates; (iv) the Executive’s material violation of any applicable policy or code of conduct
of the Company or any of its Affiliates, which violation causes material reputational or financial harm to the Company; or (v)
the Executive’s indictment for, or plea of nolo contendere to, any felony or any crime involving moral turpitude. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the foregoing, a circumstance otherwise giving rise to Cause pursuant to the foregoing clause (i),
(ii), (iii) or (iv), if capable of cure, will not constitute Cause if cured by the Executive within ten (10) days following the
Company’s notice to the Executive thereof; provided, however, that the Company will not be required to provide
any such notice or opportunity to cure with respect to any subsequent substantially similar or related conduct.

 

4.3 Resignation by the Executive for Good
Reason. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.1, the Executive may terminate the Executive’s employment for
Good Reason upon written notice to the Company setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of the circumstances constituting Good
Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, Good Reason; means the occurrence of any of the following without the
Executive’s consent: (i) a material reduction in Base Salary, other than an across-the-board reduction applicable to similarly
situated executives of the Company; (ii) a permanent relocation of the Executive’s principal place of business that increases
the Executives commute by more than sixty (60) miles in a single direction; or (iii) a material diminution of Executive’s
duties, authorities or responsibilities; provided, in each case, that (x) the Executive provides the Company with written
notice of the circumstance constituting Good Reason within twenty (20) days following the Executive’s first knowledge thereof,
(y) the Company fails to cure such circumstance within twenty (20) days following the receipt of such notice and (z) the Executive
actually terminates employment within twenty (20) days following the expiration of such cure period.

 

4.4 Death and Disability. The Executive’s
employment will terminate automatically in the event of the Executive’s death during employment. The Company may terminate the
Executive’s employment, upon notice to the Executive, in the event that the Executive becomes disabled during the
Executive’s employment hereunder through any illness, injury, accident or condition of either a physical or psychological
nature and, as a result, is unable to perform substantially all of the Executive’s duties and responsibilities for the Company
and its Affiliates (notwithstanding the provision of any reasonable accommodation) for a period of ninety (90) days during any
period of three hundred sixty-five (365) consecutive days. If any question arises as to whether the Executive is disabled to the
extent that the Executive is unable to perform substantially all of the Executive’s duties and responsibilities hereunder, the
Executive will, at the Company’s request, submit to a medical examination by a physician selected by the Company, and to whom
the Executive or the Executive’s guardian, if any, has no reasonable objection, to determine whether the Executive is so
disabled, and such determination will be conclusive of the issue for purposes of this Agreement. If such a question
arises and the Executive fails to submit to the requested medical examination, the Company’s good faith, reasonable determination
of the issue will be binding on the Executive.

 

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5. OTHER MATTERS RELATED
TO TERMINATION

 

5.1 Final Compensation. In the event of
termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, howsoever occurring, the Company will pay the Executive (i) the
Base Salary for the final payroll period of the Executive’s employment, through the date the Executive’s employment
terminates (the“Termination Date”); (ii) compensation at the rate of the Base Salary for any vacation time
accrued in accordance with the policies of the Company but not used as of the Termination Date; and (iii) reimbursement, in
accordance with Section 2.4 hereof, for business expenses incurred by the Executive but not yet paid to the Executive as of
the Termination Date, provided that the Executive submits all expenses and supporting documentation required within sixty (60) days
of the Termination Date and that such expenses are reimbursable under Company policies then in effect (all of the foregoing, the“Final
Compensation”). Except as otherwise provided in the foregoing clause (iii), the Final Compensation will be paid to the
Executive immediately upon termination of employment.

 

5.2 Severance Payments. In the event the
Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason, subject to the
provisions of Section 5.3, the Company will pay the Executive, in addition to the Final Compensation, severance payments as
provided in this Section 5.2 (collectively, the“Severance Payments”).

 

(a)
Termination Other than in Connection with a Change of Control. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.2(b),
the Severance Payments will include (i) payment in an amount equal to twelve (12) months’ Base Salary, payable in the form
of salary continuation in accordance with the ordinary payroll practices of the Company over the twelve (12) months following
the Termination Date; and (ii) if the Executive timely and properly elects to receive benefits under the Consolidated Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act or similar state law (“COBRA”) and the premium subsidy described herein is permissible
under applicable law, COBRA premium subsidy payments at the rate of the Company’s normal contribution for active employees
at the Executive’s coverage level as in effect immediately prior to the Executive’s termination, payable in the form
of salary continuation in accordance with the ordinary payroll practices of the Company until the earlier of (A) twelve (12) months
following the Termination Date and (B) the first date on which the Executive is no longer eligible for COBRA coverage, otherwise
ceases to participate in the Company’s benefit plans or becomes eligible to receive health insurance coverage from another
employer.

 

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(b)
Termination in Connection with a Change of Control. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.2(a), in the event
such termination occurs within the three (3) months prior to or twelve (12) months following the date of a Change of Control (and in
the case of a termination by the Company without Cause that occurs prior to such Change of Control, solely to the extent such
termination results from the request of another party to the Change of Control transaction), the Severance Payments will include (i)
payment in an amount equal to twenty-four (24) months’ Base Salary, payable in the form of salary continuation in accordance
with the ordinary payroll practices of the Company over the twenty-four (24) months following the Termination Date; (ii) if the
Executive timely and properly elects to receive benefits under COBRA and the premium subsidy described herein is permissible under
applicable law, COBRA premium subsidy payments at the rate of the Company’s normal contribution for active employees at the
Executive’s coverage level as in effect immediately prior to the Executive’s termination, payable in the form of salary
continuation in accordance with the ordinary payroll practices of the Company until the earlier of (A) eighteen (18) months
following the Termination Date and (B) the first date on which the Executive is no longer eligible for COBRA coverage, otherwise
ceases to participate in the Company’s benefit plans or becomes eligible to receive health insurance coverage from another
employer; and (iii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Company’s incentive equity plans or any applicable award
agreement, the Executive’s equity awards under such plans that are outstanding and unvested as of the Termination Date will
become fully vested effective as of the Release Date (as defined below).

 

5.3 Conditions
to and Timing of the Severance Payments. Any obligation of the Company to provide the Severance Payments is conditioned on
the Executive signing and returning to the Company, without revocation, a timely and effective separation agreement containing
a general release of claims and other customary terms in the form provided by the Company to the Executive at the time the Executive’s
employment terminates (the “Separation Agreement”), which will contain no additional restrictive covenants
beyond those set forth in this Agreement. The Separation Agreement must become effective, if at all, by the sixtieth (60th) calendar
day following the Termination Date (the date the Separation Agreement so becomes effective, the“Release Date”).
Provided the foregoing conditions are satisfied, the first installment of the Severance Payments will be paid on the Company’s
next regular payroll date at least five (5) business days following the Release Date, the amount of which will be retroactive
to the Termination Date. Any obligation of the Company to provide or continue the Severance Payments, and the Executive’s
right to retain the same, in each case, are expressly conditioned upon the Executive’s continued full performance of the
Executive’s obligations under Section 3.

 

5.4 Benefits Termination. Except for any right the
Executive may have under COBRA or other applicable law to continue participation in the Company’s group health and dental plans
at the Executive’s own cost, the Executive’s participation in all employee benefit plans will terminate in accordance with
the terms of the applicable benefit plans based on the Termination Date, without regard to any continuation of the Base Salary or other
payment to the Executive following such termination, and the Executive will not be eligible to earn vacation or other paid time off following
such termination.

 

5.5 Survival. The provisions of this Agreement will
survive any termination of employment if so provided in this Agreement or if necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of other
surviving provisions, including, without limitation, the Executive’s obligations under Section 3. Upon termination by either
the Executive or the Company, all rights, duties and obligations of the Executive and the Company to each other will cease, except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

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6. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

For purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions
apply:

 

“Affiliate”
means any person or entity directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company, where control
may be by management authority, equity interest or otherwise.

 

“Board”
means the board of directors of the Company or any committee thereof, as applicable.

 

“Change of
Control” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.

 

“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, together with the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.

 

“Confidential
Information” means any and all information of the Company and its Affiliates that is not generally available to the
public. Confidential Information also includes any information received by the Company or any of its Affiliates from any Person
with any understanding, express or implied, that it will not be disclosed. Confidential Information does not include information
that enters the public domain other than through the Executive’s breach of the Executive’s obligations under this
Agreement or any other agreement between the Executive and the Company or any of its Affiliates.

 

“Intellectual
Property” means all Inventions conceived, made, created, developed or reduced to practice by the Executive (whether
alone or with others, whether or not during normal business hours or on or off Company premises) during the Executive’s
employment that relate either to the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates or to any prospective activity of the Company
or any of its Affiliates or that result from any work performed by the Executive for the Company or any of its Affiliates or that
make use of Confidential Information or any of the equipment or facilities of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

 

“Invention”
means any invention, discovery, design, development, improvement, method, process, procedure, plan, project, system, technique,
strategy, information, composition, know-how, work, concept or idea, or any modification or derivative of any of the foregoing
(whether or not patentable or copyrightable or constituting a trade secret).

 

“Person”
means an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a partnership, an estate, a trust or any other
entity or organization, other than the Company or any of its Affiliates.

 

7. NO CONFLICTING AGREEMENTS

 

The Executive hereby represents
and warrants that the signing of this Agreement and the performance of the Executive’s obligations hereunder will not breach or
be in conflict with any other agreement to which the Executive is a party or by which the Executive is bound, and that the Executive
is not now subject to any covenants against competition or similar covenants or any court order that
could affect the performance of the Executive’s obligations hereunder. The Executive agrees that the Executive will not disclose
to or use on behalf of the Company any confidential or proprietary information of a third party without that party’s consent. 

 

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8. TIMING OF PAYMENTS AND
SECTION 409A

 

8.1 Separation from Service. For purposes of
this Agreement, all references to “termination of employment” and correlative phrases will be construed to require a
“separation from service” (as defined in Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(h) after giving effect to the presumptions
contained therein), and the term “specified employee” means an individual determined by the Company to be a specified
employee under Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(i).

 

8.2 Specified Employee.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if at the time the Executive’s employment terminates the Executive
is a specified employee, any and all amounts payable under this Agreement on account of such separation from service that would
(but for this provision) be payable within six (6) months following the Termination Date instead will be paid on the next business
day following the expiration of such six- (6) month period or, if earlier, upon the Executive’s death; except (i) to the
extent of amounts that do not constitute a deferral of compensation within the meaning of Treasury regulation § 1.409A-1(b)
(including, without limitation, by reason of the safe harbor set forth in Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii), as determined
by the Company in its reasonable good faith discretion); (ii) benefits that qualify as excepted welfare benefits pursuant to Treasury
Regulation § 1.409A-1(a)(5); or (iii) other amounts or benefits that are not subject to the requirements of Section 409A
of the Code (“Section 409A”).

 

8.3 Separate Payments. Each payment made under
this Agreement will be treated as a separate payment and the right to a series of installment payments under this Agreement is to be
treated as a right to a series of separate payments.

 

8.4 Change of Control. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Agreement, with respect to any payment hereunder that constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation within the
meaning of Section 409A and that is payable upon a change of control of the Company or other similar event, to the extent required to
avoid the imposition of any additional tax, interest or penalty under Section 409A, no amount will be payable unless such change of control
constitutes a “change in control event” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5).

 

8.5 Limitation of Liability. This Agreement and the
payments and benefits hereunder are intended to comply with, or be exempt from, the requirements of Section 409A, and the provisions
of this Agreement will be interpreted and administered accordingly. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the Company have
any liability relating to the failure or alleged failure of any payment or benefit hereunder to comply with, or be exempt from, such
requirements.

 

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9. SECTION 280G

 

Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other agreement between the Executive and the Company or any of its Affiliates, in
the event the Executive becomes or is deemed to become entitled to payments or benefits in connection with a Change of Control,
the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company or otherwise, whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
or otherwise (in the aggregate, the“280G Payments”), that, in the aggregate, are deemed to constitute “parachute
payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code (“Section 280G”) and, but for the application
of this Section 9, would be subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (the“Excise Tax”),
then, solely to the extent such reduction would result in a more favorable after-tax outcome for the Executive, the amount of
the 280G Payments will be reduced to the minimum extent necessary to ensure that no portion of the 280G Payments is subject to
the Excise Tax. To the extent any payments are required to be so reduced, the payments due to the Executive will be reduced in
the following order, unless otherwise agreed and such agreement is in compliance with Section 409A: (i) payments that are payable
in cash, with amounts that are payable last reduced first; (ii) payments due in respect of any equity or equity derivatives included
at their full value under Section 280G (rather than their accelerated value); (iii) payments due in respect of any equity or equity
derivatives included at their accelerated value under Section 280G, with the highest values reduced first (as such values are
determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation § 1.280G-1, Q/A-24); and (iv) all other non-cash benefits. All determinations
pursuant to this Section 9 will be made by the Company in good faith and will be conclusive and binding on the Executive
for all purposes.

 

10. MISCELLANEOUS

 

10.1 Notices. Any notices
provided for in this Agreement will be in writing and will be effective when delivered in person or sent by the United States mail, postage
prepaid, return receipt requested, or by a reputable overnight delivery service, and addressed to the Executive at the Executive’s
last known address on the books of the Company or, in the case of the Company, to it at its principal place of business, attention of
the Chair of the Board, or to such other address as either party may specify by notice to the other actually received.

 

10.2 Withholding. All
payments made by the Company under this Agreement will be reduced by any tax or other amounts required to be withheld by the Company to
the extent required by applicable law.

 

10.3 Assignment. Neither
the Executive nor the Company may make any assignment of this Agreement or any interest in it, by operation of law or otherwise, without
the prior written consent of the other; provided, however, that the Company may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement
without the Executive’s consent to one of its Affiliates (for the avoidance of doubt, following the Closing, including Holicity
Inc.) or to any Person with whom the Company hereafter effects a reorganization, consolidation or merger, or to whom the Company hereafter
transfers all or substantially all of its properties or assets. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Executive
and the Company and each of their respective successors, executors, administrators, heirs and permitted assigns.

 

10.4 Severability.
If any portion or provision of this Agreement is declared illegal or unenforceable to any extent by a court of competent jurisdiction,
to any extent, then the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such portion or provision in circumstances other than those
as to which it is so declared illegal or unenforceable, will not be affected thereby, and each portion and provision of this Agreement
will be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

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10.5 Other Matters.
This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof, and
replaces all prior and contemporaneous communications, agreements and understandings, written or oral, relating to the same. This Agreement
may not be modified or amended, and no breach will be deemed to be waived, unless agreed to in writing by the Executive and an expressly
authorized representative of the Board. The headings and captions in this Agreement are for convenience only and in no way define or describe
the scope or content of any provision herein. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and may be delivered by email or other electronic
means), each of which will be an original and all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. This is a California
contract and will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to any conflict
of laws principles that would result in the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction. The Executive and the Company agree to
submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of or in the State of California in connection with any dispute arising out of or otherwise
related to this Agreement or the Executive’s employment with the Company, in whole or in part, and agree that any such dispute will
be brought and maintained solely in such courts.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed
this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

	 	ASTRA SPACE,
    INC.
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/
    Kelyn Brannon
	 	Name: 	Kelyn Brannon
	 	Title: 	Chief Financial Officer

 

	Accepted
    and agreed:	 
	 	 
	/s/
    Chris C. Kemp	 
	Chris C. Kemp	 

 

[Signature Page to Employment Agreement]

 

     

     

    

 

EXHIBIT
A

 

INVENTION ASSIGNMENT NOTICE

 

Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary therein, the provisions of Section 3.3 of the Employment Agreement to which this Invention Assignment Notice is attached
will not apply to any invention that qualifies fully for exclusion under the provisions of Section 2870 of the California Labor Code.
Following is the text of California Labor Code Section 2870:

 

CALIFORNIA LABOR CODE SECTION 2870

 

(a) Any provision in an employment
agreement which provides that an employee shall assign, or offer to assign, any of his or her rights in an invention to his or her employer
shall not apply to an invention that the employee developed entirely on his or her own time without using the employer’s equipment,
supplies, facilities, or trade secret information except for those inventions that either:

 

		(1)	Relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the invention to the employer’s business,
or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the employer; or

 

		(2)	Result from any work performed by the employee for the employer.

 

(b) To the extent a provision in an employment agreement
purports to require an employee to assign an invention otherwise excluded from being required to be assigned under subdivision (a), the
provision is against the public policy of this state and is unenforceable.Exhibit 10.9

 

EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT

 

THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
(this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of February 1, 2021, by and between Astra Space, Inc. (the “Company”)
and Adam London (the “Executive”),to be effective as of the Closing Date (the “Effective Date”),
as such term is defined in that certain Business Combination Agreement by and between Holicity Inc., Holicity Merger Sub Inc. and
the Company, dated as of the date hereof (the “Business Combination Agreement”). In the event the Closing (as
defined in the Business Combination Agreement) does not occur for any reason, this Agreement will be void and of no force or effect.

 

WHEREAS, the Executive
possesses certain experience and expertise that qualifies the Executive to provide the direction and leadership required by the
Company; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company
desires to continue to employ the Executive as Founder, Chief Technology Officer of the Company following the Closing and the Executive
wishes to accept such employment;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Company and the Executive
agree as follows:

 

1. EMPLOYMENT

 

1.1 Position. Effective as of the
Effective Date, the Executive will be employed by the Company, on a full-time basis, as its Founder, Chief Technology
Officer. In addition, for so long as the Executive is employed by the Company, the Executive will serve as a director or
officer of one or more of the Company’s Affiliates as may be required from time to time, in each case, without further
compensation. Effective immediately upon termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, the Executive will
be deemed to have resigned from all such positions and offices the Executive may then hold at the Company or any of its
Affiliates.

 

1.2 Duties. The Executive agrees to
perform the duties of the Executive’s position and such other duties as may reasonably be assigned to the Executive
from time to time. The Executive also agrees that, while employed by the Company, the Executive will devote the
Executive’s full business time and best efforts, business judgment, skill and knowledge to the advancement of the
business interests of the Company and its Affiliates and to the discharge of the Executive’s duties and
responsibilities for them; provided, that the Executive’s service as a director, trustee or committee member of
civic or charitable organizations will not be in violation of the foregoing, in each case, to the extent such service does
not interfere with the effective discharge of the Executive’s duties and responsibilities hereunder, create a conflict
of interest or violate the Executive’s obligations under Section 3 hereof.

 

1.3 Compliance with Policy. The Executive
agrees that, while employed by the Company, the Executive will comply with all applicable policies, practices and procedures,
and codes of ethics or business conduct of the Company or any of its Affiliates, as in effect from time to time.

 

     

     

    

 

2.
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

 

During the Executive’s
employment hereunder, as compensation for all services performed by the Executive for the Company and its Affiliates, the Company
will provide the Executive the following compensation and benefits:

 

2.1 Base Salary.
From and after the Effective Date, the Company will pay the Executive a base salary at the rate of $400,000 per year, payable
in accordance with the ordinary payroll practices of the Company and subject to adjustment from time to time by the Board in its
discretion (as adjusted from time to time, the “Base Salary”).

 

2.2 Employee Benefits. The Executive will
be entitled to participate in all employee benefit plans as in effect from time to time for employees of the Company
generally, except to the extent such plans are duplicative of benefits otherwise provided to the Executive under this
Agreement. The Executive’s participation will be subject to the terms of the applicable plan documents and generally
applicable Company policies, as the same may be in effect from time to time, and any other restrictions or limitations
imposed by law.

 

2.3 Vacations. The Executive will be
eligible to accrue vacation time in accordance with the policies of the Company as in effect from time to time, which
vacation time will be in addition to any holidays observed by the Company. Vacation may be taken at such times and intervals
as the Executive determines, subject to the business needs of the Company. Vacation otherwise will be subject to the policies
of the Company as in effect from time to time.

 

2.4 Business Expenses. The Company will
pay or reimburse the Executive for all reasonable business expenses incurred or paid by the Executive in the performance of
the Executive’s duties and responsibilities hereunder, subject to any expense reimbursement policies of the Company as
in effect from time to time and to such reasonable substantiation and documentation as may be specified by the Company from
time to time. The Executive’s right to payment or reimbursement hereunder will be subject to the following additional
rules: (i) the amount of expenses eligible for payment or reimbursement during any calendar year will not affect the expenses
eligible for payment or reimbursement in any other calendar year; (ii) payment or reimbursement will be made not later than
December 31 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense was incurred; and (iii) the right to
payment or reimbursement will not be subject to liquidation or exchange for any other benefit.

 

3.
 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND RESTRICTED ACTIVITIES

 

3.1 Confidential
Information. During the course of the Executive’s employment with the Company, the Executive has learned and will continue
to learn of Confidential Information and has developed and will continue to develop Confidential Information on behalf of the
Company and its Affiliates. The Executive agrees not to use or disclose to any Person (except as required or permitted by applicable
law or for the proper performance of the Executive’s regular duties and responsibilities for the Company) any Confidential
Information obtained by the Executive incident to the Executive’s employment or any other association with the Company or
any of its Affiliates (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such information acquired with respect to the Executive’s
employment with Astra Space, Inc. prior to the Effective Date). The Executive agrees that this restriction will continue to apply
after the Executive’s employment terminates, regardless of the reason for such termination. For the avoidance of doubt,
(i) nothing contained in this Agreement limits, restricts or in any other way affects the Executive’s communicating with
any governmental agency or entity, or communicating with any official or staff person of a governmental agency or entity, concerning
matters relevant to such governmental agency or entity; and (ii) the Executive will not be held criminally or civilly liable under
any federal or state trade secret law for disclosing a trade secret (A) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government
official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation
of law, or (B) in a complaint or other document filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding, provided, however,
that notwithstanding this immunity from liability, the Executive may be held liable if the Executive unlawfully accesses or discloses
trade secrets by unauthorized means.

 

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3.2 Protection of Documents. All
documents, records and files, in any media of whatever kind and description, relating to the business, present or otherwise,
of the Company or any of its Affiliates, and any copies, in whole or in part, thereof (the “Documents”),
whether or not prepared by the Executive, will be the sole and exclusive property of the Company. The Executive agrees to
safeguard all Documents and to surrender to the Company, at the time the Executive’s employment terminates or at such
earlier time or times as the Board or its designee may specify, all Documents then in the Executive’s possession or
control. The Executive also agrees to disclose to the Company, at the time the Executive’s employment terminates or at
such earlier time or times as the Board or its designee may specify, all passwords necessary to obtain access to any
Confidential Information or Company information that the Executive has password-protected on any computer equipment, network
or system of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

 

3.3 Assignment of Rights to Intellectual
Property. The Executive will promptly and fully disclose all Intellectual Property to the Company. The Executive hereby
assigns and agrees to assign to the Company (or as otherwise directed by the Company) the Executive’s full right, title
and interest in and to all Intellectual Property. The Executive agrees to execute any and all applications for domestic and
foreign patents, copyrights or other proprietary rights and to do such other acts (including, without limitation, the
execution and delivery of instruments of further assurance or confirmation and the provision of good faith testimony in
person or by declaration or affidavit) requested by the Company to assign the Intellectual Property to the Company (or as
otherwise directed by the Company) and to permit the Company to secure, prosecute and enforce any patents, copyrights or
other proprietary rights to the Intellectual Property. The Executive will not charge the Company or any of its Affiliates for
time spent in complying with these obligations. All copyrightable works that the Executive creates during the
Executive’s employment will be considered “work made for hire” and will, upon creation, be owned
exclusively by the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Executive acknowledges and agrees that the
provisions of this Section 3.3 will not apply to any Invention that qualifies fully for exclusion under the provisions
of Section 2870 of the California Labor Code, the terms of which are set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

3.4 Restricted Activities. The Executive
agrees to the following restrictions on the Executive’s activities during and, to the extent applicable, after the
Executive’s employment, and further agrees that such restrictions are necessary to protect the goodwill, Confidential
Information, trade secrets and other legitimate interests of the Company and its Affiliates:

 

(a)
Non-Competition. While the Executive is employed by the Company, the Executive will not, directly or indirectly,
whether as an owner, partner, investor, consultant, agent, employee, co-venturer or otherwise, compete with, undertake any planning
to compete with, or assist or encourage any other Person in competing with or undertaking any planning to compete with, the Company
or any of its Affiliates. Specifically, but without limiting the foregoing, the Executive agrees not to work for or provide services
to, in any capacity, whether with or without compensation, any Person that is engaged in any business anywhere that is competitive
with the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates, as conducted or in active planning at any time during the Executive’s
employment with the Company.

 

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(b) Non-Solicitation of Business Partners. While the Executive is employed by the Company, the Executive will not, directly
or indirectly, and will not assist or encourage any other Person to, (i) solicit or encourage any customer, vendor, supplier or
other business partner of the Company or any of its Affiliates to terminate, diminish or otherwise change in any manner adverse
to the Company or any of its Affiliates his, her or its relationship with any of them; or (ii) seek to persuade any such customer,
vendor, supplier or business partner, or any prospective customer, vendor, supplier or business partner of the Company or any of
its Affiliates, to conduct with anyone else any business or activity that such Person conducts or could conduct with the Company
or any of its Affiliates. 

 

(c) Non-Solicitation of Employees and Other Service Providers. While the Executive is employed by the Company, except
as required for the proper performance of the Executive’s regular duties and responsibilities hereunder, the Executive will
not, directly or indirectly, and will not assist or encourage any other Person to, hire or engage any employee of the Company or
any of its Affiliates. While the Executive is employed by the Company, except as required for the proper performance of the Executive’s
regular duties and responsibilities hereunder, and during the twelve- (12) month period immediately following termination of the
Executive’s employment, regardless of the reason therefor (in the aggregate, the “Non-Solicitation Period”),
the Executive will not, directly or indirectly, and will not assist or encourage any other Person to, (i) solicit for hiring or
engagement any employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates or seek to persuade any such employee to discontinue employment;
or (ii) solicit or encourage any independent contractor providing services to the Company or any of its Affiliates to terminate,
diminish or otherwise change in any manner adverse to the Company or any of its Affiliates his, her or its relationship with any
of them. For purposes of this Section 3.4(c), an “employee” or “independent contractor” of the Company
or any of its Affiliates is any Person who was such at any time during the twelve- (12) month period immediately preceding the
activity restricted by this Section 3.4(c).

 

(d) Non-Disparagement. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.1, while the Executive is employed by the Company
and at all times following termination of the Executive’s employment, regardless of the reason therefor, the Executive
will not, directly or indirectly, disparage or criticize the Company or any of its Affiliates, their respective businesses,
management, employees, officers, directors, customers, products or services, and the Executive otherwise will not do or say
anything that could disrupt the good morale of employees of the Company or any of its Affiliates or harm the interests or
reputation of the Company or any of its Affiliates. The Company will not disparage or criticize the Executive in authorized
public statements, and will instruct its senior-level executives and members of the Board not to, directly or indirectly,
disparage or criticize the Executive to any Person following termination of the Executive’s employment hereunder. 

 

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3.5 Enforcement.
In signing this Agreement, the Executive gives the Company assurance that the Executive has carefully read and considered all
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the restraints imposed on the Executive under this Section 3, that
the Executive has not relied on any agreements or representations, express or implied, that are not set forth expressly in this
Agreement, and that the Executive has entered into this Agreement knowingly and voluntarily. The Executive agrees that these restraints
are necessary for the reasonable and proper protection of the Company and its Affiliates, and that each and every one of the restraints
is reasonable in respect to subject matter, length of time and geographic area. The Executive further agrees that, were the Executive
to breach any of the covenants contained in this Section 3, the damage to the Company and its Affiliates would be irreparable.
The Executive therefore agrees that the Company, in addition and not in the alternative to any other remedies available to it,
will be entitled to preliminary and permanent injunctive relief against any breach or threatened breach by the Executive of any
such covenants, without having to post bond. So that the Company may enjoy the full benefit of the covenants contained in Section
3.4(c), the Executive further agrees that the Non-Solicitation Period will be tolled, and will not run, during the period
of any breach by the Executive of the covenants contained therein. In the event that any provision of this Section 3 is
determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable by reason of its being extended over too great a time, too
large a geographic area or too great a range of activities, that provision will be deemed to be modified to permit its enforcement
to the maximum extent permitted by law. It is also agreed that each of the Company’s Affiliates will have the right to enforce
all of the Executive’s obligations to that Affiliate under this Agreement, including, without limitation, pursuant to this
Section 3. No claimed breach of this Agreement or other violation of law attributed to the Company or any of its Affiliates,
or change in the nature or scope of the Executive’s employment or other relationship with the Company or any of its Affiliates,
will operate to excuse the Executive from the performance of the Executive’s obligations under this Section 3.

 

4. TERMINATION OF
EMPLOYMENT

 

The Executive’s
employment under this Agreement will continue until terminated pursuant to this Section 4.

 

4.1 In General.
The Executive’s employment may be terminated by the Company or by the Executive at any time upon sixty (60) days’
prior written notice to the other party; provided, however, that the Board may elect to waive such notice period
or any portion thereof, in which case the Company will continue to pay the Base Salary for that portion of the notice period so
waived.

 

4.2 Termination
by the Company for Cause. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.1, the Company may terminate the Executive’s employment
immediately for Cause upon written notice to the Executive setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of the Cause. For purposes
of this Agreement, “Cause” means the occurrence of any of the following, as determined by the Board in its
reasonable judgment: (i) the Executive’s material failure to perform (other than by reason of disability), or substantial
misconduct in the performance of, the Executive’s duties and responsibilities for the Company or any of its Affiliates which
causes material harm to the Company; (ii) the Executive’s material and demonstrable breach of any provision of Section
3 or of any other confidentiality, invention assignment or other restrictive covenant obligation set forth in any written
agreement by and between the Executive and the Company or any of its Affiliates; (iii) the Executive’s material and demonstrable
breach of any other provision of this Agreement or any other written agreement by and between the Executive and the Company or
any of its Affiliates; (iv) the Executive’s material violation of any applicable policy or code of conduct of the Company
or any of its Affiliates, which violation causes material reputational or financial harm to the Company; or (v) the Executive’s
indictment for, or plea of nolo contendere to, any felony or any crime involving moral turpitude. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in the foregoing, a circumstance otherwise giving rise to Cause pursuant to the foregoing clause (i), (ii), (iii)
or (iv), if capable of cure, will not constitute Cause if cured by the Executive within ten (10) days following the Company’s
notice to the Executive thereof; provided, however, that the Company will not be required to provide any such notice
or opportunity to cure with respect to any subsequent substantially similar or related conduct.

 

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4.3 Resignation
by the Executive for Good Reason. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.1, the Executive may terminate the Executive’s
employment for Good Reason upon written notice to the Company setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of the circumstances
constituting Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” means the occurrence of any of the
following without the Executive’s consent: (i) a material reduction in Base Salary, other than an across-the-board reduction
applicable to similarly situated executives of the Company; (ii) a permanent relocation of the Executive’s principal place
of business that increases the Executives commute by more than sixty (60) miles in a single direction; or (iii) a material diminution
of Executive’s duties, authorities or responsibilities; provided, in each case, that (x) the Executive provides the
Company with written notice of the circumstance constituting Good Reason within twenty (20) days following the Executive’s
first knowledge thereof, (y) the Company fails to cure such circumstance within twenty (20) days following the receipt of such
notice and (z) the Executive actually terminates employment within twenty (20) days following the expiration of such cure period.

 

4.4 Death and
Disability. The Executive’s employment will terminate automatically in the event of the Executive’s death
during employment. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment, upon notice to the Executive, in the event
that the Executive becomes disabled during the Executive’s employment hereunder through any illness, injury, accident
or condition of either a physical or psychological nature and, as a result, is unable to perform substantially all of the
Executive’s duties and responsibilities for the Company and its Affiliates (notwithstanding the provision of any
reasonable accommodation) for a period of ninety (90) days during any period of three hundred sixty-five (365) consecutive
days. If any question arises as to whether the Executive is disabled to the extent that the Executive is unable to perform
substantially all of the Executive’s duties and responsibilities hereunder, the Executive will, at the Company’s
request, submit to a medical examination by a physician selected by the Company, and to whom the Executive or the
Executive’s guardian, if any, has no reasonable objection, to determine whether the Executive is so disabled, and such
determination will be conclusive of the issue for purposes of this Agreement. If such a question arises and the Executive
fails to submit to the requested medical examination, the Company’s good faith, reasonable determination of the issue
will be binding on the Executive.

 

5. OTHER MATTERS
RELATED TO TERMINATION

 

5.1 Final Compensation. In the event of
termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, howsoever occurring, the Company will pay the Executive (i)
the Base Salary for the final payroll period of the Executive’s employment, through the date the Executive’s
employment terminates (the “Termination Date”); (ii) compensation at the rate of the Base Salary for any
vacation time accrued in accordance with the policies of the Company but not used as of the Termination Date; and (iii)
reimbursement, in accordance with Section 2.4 hereof, for business expenses incurred by the Executive but not yet paid
to the Executive as of the Termination Date, provided that the Executive submits all expenses and supporting documentation
required within sixty (60) days of the Termination Date and that such expenses are reimbursable under Company policies then
in effect (all of the foregoing, the “Final Compensation”). Except as otherwise provided in the foregoing
clause (iii), the Final Compensation will be paid to the Executive immediately upon termination of employment.

 

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5.2 Severance Payments. In the event the
Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason, subject to the
provisions of Section 5.3, the Company will pay the Executive, in addition to the Final Compensation, severance
payments as provided in this Section 5.2 (collectively, the “Severance Payments”).

 

(a)
Termination Other than in Connection with a Change of Control. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.2(b),
the Severance Payments will include (i) payment in an amount equal to nine (9) months’ Base Salary, payable in the form of
salary continuation in accordance with the ordinary payroll practices of the Company over the nine (9) months following the Termination
Date; and (ii) if the Executive timely and properly elects to receive benefits under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act or similar state law (“COBRA”) and the premium subsidy described herein is permissible under applicable
law, COBRA premium subsidy payments at the rate of the Company’s normal contribution for active employees at the Executive’s
coverage level as in effect immediately prior to the Executive’s termination, payable in the form of salary continuation
in accordance with the ordinary payroll practices of the Company until the earlier of (A) nine (9) months following the Termination
Date and (B) the first date on which the Executive is no longer eligible for COBRA coverage, otherwise ceases to participate in
the Company’s benefit plans or becomes eligible to receive health insurance coverage from another employer.

 

(b)
Termination in Connection with a Change of Control. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.2(a), in the event
such termination occurs within the three (3) months prior to or twelve (12) months following the date of a Change of Control (and
in the case of a termination by the Company without Cause that occurs prior to such Change of Control, solely to the extent such
termination results from the request of another party to the Change of Control transaction), the Severance Payments will include
(i) payment in an amount equal to twelve (12) months’ Base Salary, payable in the form of salary continuation in accordance
with the ordinary payroll practices of the Company over the twelve (12) months following the Termination Date; (ii) if the Executive
timely and properly elects to receive benefits under COBRA and the premium subsidy described herein is permissible under applicable
law, COBRA premium subsidy payments at the rate of the Company’s normal contribution for active employees at the Executive’s
coverage level as in effect immediately prior to the Executive’s termination, payable in the form of salary continuation
in accordance with the ordinary payroll practices of the Company until the earlier of (A) twelve (12) months following the Termination
Date and (B) the first date on which the Executive is no longer eligible for COBRA coverage, otherwise ceases to participate in
the Company’s benefit plans or becomes eligible to receive health insurance coverage from another employer; and (iii) notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the Company’s incentive equity plans or any applicable award agreement, the Executive’s
equity awards under such plans that are outstanding and unvested as of the Termination Date will become fully vested effective
as of the Release Date (as defined below).

 

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5.3 Conditions to and
Timing of the Severance Payments. Any obligation of the Company to provide the Severance Payments is conditioned on the
Executive signing and returning to the Company, without revocation, a timely and effective separation agreement containing a
general release of claims and other customary terms in the form provided by the Company to the Executive at the time the
Executive’s employment terminates (the “Separation Agreement”),which will contain no additional
restrictive covenants beyond those set forth in this Agreement. The Separation Agreement must become effective, if at all, by
the sixtieth (60th) calendar day following the Termination Date (the date the Separation Agreement so becomes effective, the “Release
Date”). Provided the foregoing conditions are satisfied, the first installment of the Severance Payments will be
paid on the Company’s next regular payroll date at least five (5) business days following the Release Date, the amount
of which will be retroactive to the Termination Date. Any obligation of the Company to provide or continue the Severance
Payments, and the Executive’s right to retain the same, in each case, are expressly conditioned upon the
Executive’s continued full performance of the Executive’s obligations under Section 3.

 

5.4 Benefits Termination. Except for any
right the Executive may have under COBRA or other applicable law to continue participation in the Company’s group
health and dental plans at the Executive’s own cost, the Executive’s participation in all employee benefit plans
will terminate in accordance with the terms of the applicable benefit plans based on the Termination Date, without regard to
any continuation of the Base Salary or other payment to the Executive following such termination, and the Executive will not
be eligible to earn vacation or other paid time off following such termination.

 

5.5 Survival. The provisions of this
Agreement will survive any termination of employment if so provided in this Agreement or if necessary or desirable to
accomplish the purposes of other surviving provisions, including, without limitation, the Executive’s obligations under Section
3. Upon termination by either the Executive or the Company, all rights, duties and obligations of the Executive and the
Company to each other will cease, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

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6.
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

For purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions
apply:

 

“Affiliate”
means any person or entity directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company, where control
may be by management authority, equity interest or otherwise.

 

“Board”
means the board of directors of the Company or any committee thereof, as applicable.

 

“Change of
Control” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.

 

“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, together with the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.

 

“Confidential
Information” means any and all information of the Company and its Affiliates that is not generally available to the
public. Confidential Information also includes any information received by the Company or any of its Affiliates from any Person
with any understanding, express or implied, that it will not be disclosed. Confidential Information does not include information
that enters the public domain other than through the Executive’s breach of the Executive’s obligations under this
Agreement or any other agreement between the Executive and the Company or any of its Affiliates.

 

“Intellectual
Property” means all Inventions conceived, made, created, developed or reduced to practice by the Executive (whether alone
or with others, whether or not during normal business hours or on or off Company premises) during the Executive’s employment
that relate either to the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates or to any prospective activity of the Company or any
of its Affiliates or that result from any work performed by the Executive for the Company or any of its Affiliates or that make
use of Confidential Information or any of the equipment or facilities of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

 

“Invention”
means any invention, discovery, design, development, improvement, method, process, procedure, plan, project, system, technique,
strategy, information, composition, know-how, work, concept or idea, or any modification or derivative of any of the foregoing
(whether or not patentable or copyrightable or constituting a trade secret).

 

“Person”
means an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a partnership, an estate, a trust or any other
entity or organization, other than the Company or any of its Affiliates.

 

7.  NO CONFLICTING AGREEMENTS

 

The Executive
hereby represents and warrants that the signing of this Agreement and the performance of the Executive’s obligations
hereunder will not breach or be in conflict with any other agreement to which the Executive is a party or by which the
Executive is bound, and that the Executive is not now subject to any covenants against competition or similar covenants or
any court order that could affect the performance of the Executive’s obligations hereunder. The Executive agrees that
the Executive will not disclose to or use on behalf of the Company any confidential or proprietary information of a third
party without that party’s consent.

 

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8. TIMING OF PAYMENTS AND SECTION
409A

 

8.1 Separation from Service. For purposes
of this Agreement, all references to “termination of employment” and correlative phrases will be construed to
require a “separation from service” (as defined in Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(h) after giving effect to
the presumptions contained therein), and the term “specified employee” means an individual determined by the
Company to be a specified employee under Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(i).

 

8.2 Specified Employee. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if at the time the Executive’s employment terminates the Executive is a
specified employee, any and all amounts payable under this Agreement on account of such separation from service that would
(but for this provision) be payable within six (6) months following the Termination Date instead will be paid on the next
business day following the expiration of such six- (6) month period or, if earlier, upon the Executive’s death; except
(i) to the extent of amounts that do not constitute a deferral of compensation within the meaning of Treasury regulation
§ 1.409A-1(b) (including, without limitation, by reason of the safe harbor set forth in Treasury Regulation §
1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii), as determined by the Company in its reasonable good faith discretion); (ii) benefits that qualify as
excepted welfare benefits pursuant to Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(a)(5); or (iii) other amounts or benefits that are
not subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code (“Section 409A”).

 

8.3 Separate Payments. Each payment made
under this Agreement will be treated as a separate payment and the right to a series of installment payments under this
Agreement is to be treated as a right to a series of separate payments.

 

8.4 Change of Control. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, with respect to any payment hereunder that constitutes nonqualified deferred
compensation within the meaning of Section 409A and that is payable upon a change of control of the Company or other similar
event, to the extent required to avoid the imposition of any additional tax, interest or penalty under Section 409A, no
amount will be payable unless such change of control constitutes a “change in control event” within the meaning
of Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5).

 

8.5 Limitation of Liability. This
Agreement and the payments and benefits hereunder are intended to comply with, or be exempt from, the requirements of Section
409A, and the provisions of this Agreement will be interpreted and administered accordingly. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
in no event will the Company have any liability relating to the failure or alleged failure of any payment or benefit
hereunder to comply with, or be exempt from, such requirements.

 

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9. SECTION 280G

 

Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other agreement between the Executive and the Company or any of its Affiliates, in
the event the Executive becomes or is deemed to become entitled to payments or benefits in connection with a Change of Control,
the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company or otherwise, whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
or otherwise (in the aggregate, the “280G Payments”), that, in the aggregate, are deemed to constitute “parachute
payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code (“Section 280G”) and, but for the application
of this Section 9, would be subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”),
then, solely to the extent such reduction would result in a more favorable after-tax outcome for the Executive, the amount of
the 280G Payments will be reduced to the minimum extent necessary to ensure that no portion of the 280G Payments is subject to
the Excise Tax. To the extent any payments are required to be so reduced, the payments due to the Executive will be reduced in
the following order, unless otherwise agreed and such agreement is in compliance with Section 409A: (i) payments that are payable
in cash, with amounts that are payable last reduced first; (ii)  payments due in respect of any equity or equity derivatives included
at their full value under Section 280G (rather than their accelerated value); (iii) payments due in respect of any equity or equity
derivatives included at their accelerated value under Section 280G, with the highest values reduced first (as such values are
determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation § 1.280G-1, Q/A-24); and (iv) all other non-cash benefits. All determinations
pursuant to this Section 9 will be made by the Company in good faith and will be conclusive and binding on the Executive
for all purposes.

 

10. MISCELLANEOUS

 

10.1 Notices.
Any notices provided for in this Agreement will be in writing and will be effective when delivered in person or sent by the United
States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or by a reputable overnight delivery service, and addressed to the Executive
at the Executive’s last known address on the books of the Company or, in the case of the Company, to it at its principal
place of business, attention of the Chair of the Board, or to such other address as either party may specify by notice to the other
actually received.

 

10.2 Withholding.
All payments made by the Company under this Agreement will be reduced by any tax or other amounts required to be withheld by the
Company to the extent required by applicable law.

 

10.3 Assignment.
Neither the Executive nor the Company may make any assignment of this Agreement or any interest in it, by operation of law or
otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other; provided, however, that the Company may assign its rights
and obligations under this Agreement without the Executive’s consent to one of its Affiliates (for the avoidance of doubt,
following the Closing, including Holicity Inc.) or to any Person with whom the Company hereafter effects a reorganization, consolidation
or merger, or to whom the Company hereafter transfers all or substantially all of its properties or assets. This Agreement will
inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Executive and the Company and each of their respective successors, executors,
administrators, heirs and permitted assigns.

 

10.4 Severability.
If any portion or provision of this Agreement is declared illegal or unenforceable to any extent by a court of competent jurisdiction,
to any extent, then the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such portion or provision in circumstances other than
those as to which it is so declared illegal or unenforceable, will not be affected thereby, and each portion and provision of this
Agreement will be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

10.5 Other Matters.
This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof,
and replaces all prior and contemporaneous communications, agreements and understandings, written or oral, relating to the same.
This Agreement may not be modified or amended, and no breach will be deemed to be waived, unless agreed to in writing by the Executive
and an expressly authorized representative of the Board. The headings and captions in this Agreement are for convenience only and
in no way define or describe the scope or content of any provision herein. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and
may be delivered by email or other electronic means), each of which will be an original and all of which together will constitute
one and the same instrument. This is a California contract and will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of California, without regard to any conflict of laws principles that would result in the application of the laws of
any other jurisdiction. The Executive and the Company agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of or in the
State of California in connection with any dispute arising out of or otherwise related to this Agreement or the Executive’s
employment with the Company, in whole or in part, and agree that any such dispute will be brought and maintained solely in such
courts.

 

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

	 	ASTRA SPACE, INC.
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/
    Chris C. Kemp
	 	Name:	Chris C. Kemp
	 	Title: 	Chief Executive Officer

 

	Accepted and agreed:	 
	 	 
	/s/
    Adam P. London	 
	Adam P. London	 

 

[Signature Page
to Employment Agreement]

 

     

     

    

 

EXHIBIT A

 

INVENTION ASSIGNMENT NOTICE

 

Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary therein, the provisions of Section 3.3 of the Employment Agreement to which this Invention Assignment Notice is
attached will not apply to any invention that qualifies fully for exclusion under the provisions of Section 2870 of the California
Labor Code. Following is the text of California Labor Code Section 2870:

 

CALIFORNIA LABOR CODE SECTION 2870

 

(a) Any provision in an employment agreement which
provides that an employee shall assign, or offer to assign, any of his or her rights in an invention to his or her employer shall
not apply to an invention that the employee developed entirely on his or her own time without using the employer’s equipment,
supplies, facilities, or trade secret information except for those inventions that either:

 

		(1)	Relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the invention to the employer’s
business, or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the employer; or

 

		(2)	Result from any work performed by the employee for the employer.

 

(b) To the extent a provision in an employment
agreement purports to require an employee to assign an invention otherwise excluded from being required to be assigned under
subdivision (a), the provision is against the public policy of this state and is unenforceable.

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