A tiny spacecraft is poised to launch on an unprecedented deep-space mission. The CEO behind it is ‘terrified’
No company has ever achieved what asteroid mining startup AstroForge is about to set out to do. Success is anything but ...
Elon Musk fires rocket at asteroid - but the mission isn't what you might expect
The probe, known as Odin, is set to travel into deep space to make a pass by of an asteroid known as 2022 OB5 to detect if it ...
Today’s Stacked SpaceX Launch Is Sending Groundbreaking Science to the Moon and Beyond
The Falcon 9 rocket, packed with exploratory payloads, is scheduled to blast off at 7:17 p.m. ET on Wednesday, February 26.
Probe blasts off to chase asteroid for possible mining mission
A privately-built spacecraft has embarked on an unprecedented deep space mission to scout out an asteroid's potential for ...
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Earth’s 1st Asteroid Mining Prospector Heads to the Launchpad
“If this works out, this will probably be the biggest business ever conceived of,” said Matt Gialich, the founder and chief executive of AstroForge, the builder and operator of the robotic prob ...
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Can we mine minerals from asteriods? First attempt this week
Mitch Hunter-Scullion, CEO of Asteroid Mining Corp in Britain, emphasized the enormous potential of such missions by saying a ...
AstroForge selects target for “high risk, seat of the pants” asteroid mission
The primary goal, he said, is to make sure Odin turns on and communicates back to Earth. Mission success, Gialich told his team, is reaching deep space beyond the Moon to determine how well Odin's ...
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Earth's first asteroid mining prospector heads to the launchpad
If this works out, this will probably be the biggest business ever conceived of,' said Matt Gialich, founder and CEO of ...