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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.
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'I think we all know that hope is fading.' Private Odin asteroid probe is tumbling in space
"I think we all know the hope is fading as we continue the mission," AstroForge founder Matt Gialich said in a video update ...
Asteroid exploration probably failed - Odin probe staggers through space
It was supposed to be the start of asteroid mining. But it looks like the mission has failed. AstroForge has lost contact ...
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 ...
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Scientists Struggle to Communicate With 2 Spacecraft Launched Wednesday
A day later, however, NASA shared that mission operators had lost communication with the spacecraft in the wee hours of ...
‘Odin is sinking’: The first private Asteroid mission is tumbling towards disaster
AstroForge’s Odin, the first private asteroid mission, spins uncontrollably in space. With contact lost and time running out, ...
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Lost in space: Odin spacecraft turned to India, but Bengaluru fell short
The Odin spacecraft aims to capture images of asteroid 2022 OB5, which is believed to contain significant amounts of platinum ...
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1st private spacecraft to attempt to travel beyond the moon appears to be in trouble
Space mining company AstroForge launched its Odin asteroid probe this week, but the mission is suffering from unknown issues.
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 ...
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.
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'I think we all know that hope is fading.' Private Odin asteroid probe is tumbling in space
At the time of Gialich's update Saturday morning, the Odin spacecraft was over 186,000 miles (300,000 kilometers) from Earth and largely following its intended trajectory. On Friday, AstroForge ...