IFLScience on MSN1h
"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 ...
Space on MSN2d
'I think we all know that hope is fading.' Private Odin asteroid probe is tumbling in space
"I think we all know the hope is fading as we continue the mission," AstroForge founder Matt Gialich said in a video update ...
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 ...
ExtremeTech on MSN1d
Scientists Struggle to Communicate With 2 Spacecraft Launched Wednesday
A day later, however, NASA shared that mission operators had lost communication with the spacecraft in the wee hours of ...
India Today on MSN1d
Lost in space: Odin spacecraft turned to India, but Bengaluru fell short
The Odin spacecraft aims to capture images of asteroid 2022 OB5, which is believed to contain significant amounts of platinum ...
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 ...
Space on MSN3d
1st private spacecraft to attempt to travel beyond the moon appears to be in trouble
The first commercial spacecraft headed beyond the moon is on its way to deep space, but the mission is suffering from unknown ...
A tiny spacecraft is poised to launch on an unprecedented deep-space mission. The CEO behind it is ‘terrified’
“That’s the honest truth.” But fear, Gialich emphasized, is an element of the job that he believes AstroForge should embrace ...
Yahoo2d
'I think we all know that hope is fading.' Private Odin asteroid probe is tumbling in space
At the time of Gialich's update Saturday morning, the Odin spacecraft was over 186,000 miles (300,000 kilometers) from Earth and largely following its intended trajectory. On Friday, AstroForge ...
CNN6d
A tiny spacecraft is poised to launch on an unprecedented deep-space mission. The CEO behind it is ‘terrified’
But fear, Gialich emphasized, is an element of the job that he believes AstroForge should embrace as the company prepares to launch its robotic spacecraft, Odin, on an asteroid flyby mission that ...
Futurism on MSN20h
First-Ever Asteroid Mining Mission Loses Contact With Earth
California-based space company AstroForge launched what it claimed to be the first "commercial deep space mission in history.