Odin, named for the father of Thor in Norse mythology, will be one of the first spacecraft developed by a private sector ...

His venture may seem far out, but asteroid mining CEO Matt Gialich has no illusions. The engineer cofounded the bold ...

A second mission would land on the asteroid and test for platinum and other elements - the first mining expeditions could ...

OB5 is said to consist of raw materials that could be worth mining. The Odin probe is to take a closer look at the celestial ...

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 ...

The dream of mining metals in deep space crashed and burned in the 2010s. AstroForge’s Odin mission to survey a potentially ...

The Falcon 9 rocket, packed with exploratory payloads, is scheduled to blast off at 7:17 p.m. ET on Wednesday, February 26.

Packed with instruments and rovers, the soon-to-launch IM-2 mission will explore the lunar south pole and attempt something ...

A decade ago, news stories were aflutter about the wealth promised by asteroid mining companies. But things didn't quite work ...

Mitch Hunter-Scullion, CEO of Asteroid Mining Corp in Britain, emphasized the enormous potential of such missions by saying a ...