Asteroid Mining Startup Loses Its Spacecraft Somewhere Beyond the Moon
A privately built spacecraft is tumbling aimlessly in deep space, with little hope of being able to contact its home planet.
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Hope is all but lost for private asteroid probe in deep space — 'the chance of talking with Odin is minimal'
"In many ways, Odin has become both a pioneer and a teacher — continuing its mission by informing our future endeavors, even ...
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Failure is an option. Here's why some new space ventures go sideways
Within the span of a few days, another SpaceX Starship broke up on re-entry, and two other space companies faced failures.
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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 ...
Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander is on the moon’s surface but its status is unclear
The Athena lander, built by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines, descended to the lunar surface but the orientation of the lander is currently unknown.
Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander reaches the moon, but its status is unclear
The Houston-based company put its Athena spacecraft on the moon just after 12:30 p.m. ET. The landing site is closer to the lunar south pole than any human or vehicle has traveled before.
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Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 Moon lander is lying dead in a crater
A sideways and off-target landing has brought Intuitive Machines’ lunar mission to an early end — the second such mishap for ...
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First-Ever Asteroid Mining Mission Loses Contact With Earth
California-based space company AstroForge launched the first-ever mining mission to an asteroid. The mission is in serious ...
Private lunar lander touches down on the moon, but its status is unknown
A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon Thursday, but as the minutes dragged on, flight controllers could not ...
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Asteroid exploration probably failed - Odin probe staggers through space
But it looks like the mission has failed. AstroForge has lost contact with Odin. "Right now, Odin is still out there, and we're still trying to talk to it," writes AstroForge CEO Matt Gialich in a ...