Are we on the verge of mining metals from the asteroids above Earth?
As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes awry, Josh Sims looks at how close we really are to extracting rare ...
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Asteroid Mining Startup Loses Its Spacecraft Somewhere Beyond the Moon
hitching a ride with Intuitive Machines’ third mission to the Moon. “This is a new frontier, and we got another shot at it with Vestri,” Gialich added. aerospace technology Asteroid mining ...
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AstroForge Still Confident It Will Mine Asteroids After 2 Major Failures
Despite losing both of its spacecraft, the startup is preparing for its $55 million Mission 3, which will launch next year.
NASA’s Heat-Seeking Space Telescope Is Almost Ready to Spot Killer Asteroids
NASA’s NEO Surveyor, a spacecraft specifically designed to detect asteroids that could threaten Earth, is on track for a 2027 ...
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Asteroid Mining Gives Companies Hope in the Search for Rare Metals
Learn about the projects that hope to acquire rare metals from space by mining asteroids, creating a budding industry with ...
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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 ...
NASA Tracking Bus-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth
NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid that will be zooming past the Earth today at a speed of nearly 28,028 miles per hour. The space rock, known as "2025 FO6," is estimated to be about 35 feet across ...
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Are we on the verge of mining metals from the asteroids above Earth?
As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes awry, Josh Sims looks at how close we really are to extracting rare minerals from the many celestial bodies above us. Thirty years ago the ...