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Tucked Away In The Payload Bay Of The Most Recent SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Is A Private Spacecraft That Aims To Mine Minerals From Asteroids In Deep Space
Just after 7pm on February 26th, 2025, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted into space from its launch spot at Cape Canaveral.
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Hope is all but lost for private asteroid probe in deep space — 'the chance of talking with Odin is minimal'
"In many ways, Odin has become both a pioneer and a teacher — continuing its mission by informing our future endeavors, even ...
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.
The first private asteroid mission probe is probably lost in deep space
California startup AstroForge launched a spacecraft dubbed Odin on February 26, but the team lost communication with it ...
The Register on MSN4d
Controllers getting no response from Lunar Trailblazer orbiter or Odin asteroid mining probe
As for AstroForge's Odin asteroid-mining scout, unfortunately, like the Lunar Trailblazer, Odin has also fallen out of ...
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 ...
IFLScience on MSN5d
"We Ran Into Some Massive Issues": Private Spacecraft Lost 300,000 Kilometers From Earth
"Even worse, because this is so powerful, we are trying to reach a spacecraft which at this point is 300,000 km [186,411 ...
Moon lander from Intuitive Machines touches down, but apparently tips over
Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander is "alive," but it's not yet known what mission objectives can still be met.
Oops, we tipped it again: Mission over for sideways US lander
Intuitive Machines' second moon mission ended in disappointment on Friday after the US company confirmed that its spacecraft ...
NASA rolls out Artemis II Orion spacecraft, twin rocket boosters for moon mission
NASA Friday rolled out the new Artemis II Orion spacecraft and twin Space Launch System solid rocket boosters that will carry ...
Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lander Is on the Moon. Here’s What to Expect Next
Firefly Aerospace’s successful touchdown marks a new era of frequent commercial trips to the Moon, paving the way for a ...