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

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

The main difference between earthbound mining and mining an asteroid is "the need for equipment ... Last April it launched Brokkr–1, a "microwave–size machine" the purpose of which was to ...

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

but given the need to build a new spacecraft and any uncertainties in Intuitive Machines' launch date, that timeline could ...

California-based AstroForge will ramp up its bid to commercialize mining ... Machines' upcoming IM-2 mission (also to put a small lander on the moon), enter deep space, perform a flyby of the ...