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Hope is all but lost for private asteroid probe in deep space — 'the chance of talking with Odin is minimal'
"In many ways, Odin has become both a pioneer and a teacher — continuing its mission by informing our future endeavors, even ...
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Private Spacecraft Disappears 300,000 KM Away from Earth—Engineers Baffled by Sudden Loss
A private space mission designed to push the boundaries of deep space exploration has encountered major technical failures ...
A tiny spacecraft is poised to launch on an unprecedented deep-space mission. The CEO behind it is ‘terrified’
His venture may seem far out, but asteroid mining CEO Matt Gialich has no illusions. The engineer cofounded the bold ...
Private lunar lander touches down on the moon, but its status is unknown
A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon Thursday, but as the minutes dragged on, flight controllers could not ...
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1st private spacecraft to attempt to travel beyond the moon appears to be in trouble
The first commercial spacecraft headed beyond the moon is on its way to deep space, but the mission is suffering from unknown ...
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First-Ever Asteroid Mining Mission Loses Contact With Earth
California-based space company AstroForge launched what it claimed to be the first "commercial deep space mission in history.
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 ...
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.
Space mining: AstroForge sends exploration probe to an asteroid
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 ...
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A tiny spacecraft is poised to launch on an unprecedented deep-space mission. The CEO behind it is ‘terrified’
The engineer cofounded the bold California startup AstroForge in 2022 with the aim of hunting for precious metals in space, and he is all too aware that success is not guaranteed. And, quite ...
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First-Ever Asteroid Mining Mission Loses Contact With Earth
Last week, California-based space company AstroForge launched what it claimed was the first "commercial deep space mission in history." The company's plan was to send its washing machine-sized ...
AstroForge: Earth's first asteroid mining prospector heads to launchpad
A decade ago, news stories were aflutter about the wealth promised by asteroid mining companies. But things didn't quite work ...