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 ...
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 ...
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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There are 3 private lunar landers headed to the moon right now — a 1st in space history
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AstroForge: Earth's first asteroid mining prospector heads to launchpad
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Space breakthrough as Elon Musk launches rocket on unprecedented mission
A privately-built spacecraft has blasted off on an unprecedented mission to scout an asteroid for potential mining. The probe, named Odin, was launched on a SpaceX rocket to survey asteroid 2022 OB5.
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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 ...