Futurism on MSN18d
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." The company's plan was to send its washing machine-sized spacecraft, ...
CNN24d
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 ...
Space.com on MSN21d
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 ...
Space.com on MSN20d
'I think we all know that hope is fading.' Private Odin asteroid probe is tumbling in space
AstroForge's Odin asteroid probe, the box-shaped spaceraft at center right, is seen after launch beneath the private ...
The New York Times27d
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 ...
Gizmodo24d
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 ...
Futurism18d
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 ...