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Earth’s 1st Asteroid Mining Prospector Heads to the Launchpad
The dream of mining metals in deep space crashed and burned in the 2010s. AstroForge’s Odin mission to survey a potentially metallic asteroid is packed and ready to lift off. By Jonathan O ...
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A tiny spacecraft is poised to launch on an unprecedented deep-space mission. The CEO behind it is ‘terrified’
AstroForge will be the first private-sector company to actually send a spacecraft in close proximity to an asteroid, venturing into deep space. There are plenty of upsides to the pursuit of ...
SpaceNews1mon
China readies Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return spacecraft for launch
The main spacecraft will then head for main-belt comet 311P/PANSTARRS, which has asteroid-like orbital ... mission is part of China’s expanding deep space ambitions. it follows the Tianwen ...
Business Today5mon
'Salt Water': Evidence of habitability discovered on Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt
The research concluded that the aliphatics could not withstand prolonged exposure to deep space radiation, suggesting their relatively recent formation in Ceres's underground ocean. The team ...
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UAE Space Agency completes critical design review for Emirates Mission to Asteroid Belt
Latest updates related to development of MBR Explorer in focus The Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA)'s critical ... to bolstering our position in deep space exploration, and opens ...
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UAE Space Agency completes critical design review for Emirates Mission to Asteroid Belt
The Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) has achieved a significant milestone by ... It contributes to bolstering our position in deep space exploration, and opens promising horizons in the ...