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.
Earth’s 1st Asteroid Mining Prospector Heads to the Launchpad
The dream of mining metals in deep space crashed and burned in the 2010s. AstroForge’s Odin mission to survey a potentially ...
Odin probe blasts off on SpaceX rocket to survey asteroid for possible mining mission
A second mission would land on the asteroid and test for platinum and other elements - the first mining expeditions could ...
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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 ...
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AstroForge selects target for “high risk, seat of the pants” asteroid mission
"The biggest thing is, when we intercept it, we will be less than 1 million miles from Earth," said Matt Gialich, chief executive and co-founder of the company. This is important because NASA'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 ...