One of the most captivating aspects of the Hayabusa2 mission was the detailed images it captured of ... is helping refine techniques for asteroid mining and planetary defense.

The primary goal, he said, is to make sure Odin turns on and communicates back to Earth. Mission success, Gialich told his ...

Mining them is an old idea, and Matt Gialich and Jose Acain, the founders of AstroForge, think they can make it happen. They are already tracking suitable targets, and have flown a mission to test ...

California-based AstroForge will ramp up its bid to commercialize mining ... mission (also to put a small lander on the moon), enter deep space, perform a flyby of the asteroid target, and take ...

"Odin's role is to gather critical imagery of the target asteroid, preparing the way for our next mission, Vestri, which will ...

Related: Space mining startup AstroForge aims to launch historic asteroid-landing mission in 2025 The ... is for the probe to ...

Space mining company AstroForge has revealed the destination of its next asteroid prospecting mission and has signed a launch contract with Stoke Space.

A U.S. asteroid-mining company has announced the target space rock for its upcoming test mission. California-based AstroForge has identified asteroid 2022 OB5 as the destination for its Mission 2 ...