Asteroid Mining Startup Loses Its Spacecraft Somewhere Beyond the Moon
A privately built spacecraft is tumbling aimlessly in deep space, with little hope of being able to contact its home planet.
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Space mining company AstroForge identifies asteroid target for Odin launch next month
Vestri will also be on a rideshare mission with Intuitive Machines' IM-3 lunar lander, potentially later in 2025. Related: Space mining startup AstroForge aims to launch historic asteroid-landing ...
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Earth’s 1st Asteroid Mining Prospector Heads to the Launchpad
By Jonathan O’Callaghan Jonathan O’Callaghan reported on AstroForge in 2023 when its asteroid mining mission’s ... the Athena lander from Intuitive Machines and NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer ...
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A tiny spacecraft is poised to launch on an unprecedented deep-space mission. The CEO behind it is ‘terrified’
But with asteroid mining, no company has yet accomplished ... as Odin takes off on board a lunar lander developed by Intuitive Machines, AstroForge will have perhaps made it further than any ...
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Today’s Stacked SpaceX Launch Is Sending Groundbreaking Science to the Moon and Beyond
Intuitive Machines Hitching a ride on the lander ... the company is decidedly more ambitious. Asteroid Mining Is the Path to a ‘Shitload of Money,’ Astroforge CEO Says If successful ...
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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
The company's plan was to send its washing machine-sized spacecraft, dubbed Odin, to visit an asteroid millions of miles from Earth and scout it as a potential mining site. But mere hours after ...