Asteroid mining has moved from science fiction pitch decks into serious technical studies, but the gap between concept and ...

A U.S. asteroid-mining company has announced the target space rock for its upcoming test mission. Odin will separate shortly after the Falcon 9 upper stage fires its engines to head for the moon. The ...

His venture may seem far out, but asteroid mining CEO Matt Gialich has no illusions. The engineer cofounded the bold California startup AstroForge in 2022 with the aim of hunting for precious metals ...

When Joel Sercel thinks about the promise of extracting valuable resources from asteroids for use in space, he recalls other world-changing technologies that exploded when the time and circumstances ...

A closer inspection will be helpful in determining the asteroid's contents, as well as its general profile. Credit: AstroForge AstroForge plans to fly its Odin spacecraft by 2022OB5, a prospective ...

AstroForge is refusing to let two massive failures stop it from risking a third. The California-based space startup, which aims to mine near-Earth asteroids for metal, lost its Mission 1 and Mission 2 ...

On February 26, AstroForge will launch their experimental spacecraft Odin on a Falcon 9 rocket. The goal of the company's mission is a bold one, becoming the first commercially-built craft to navigate ...