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Hope is all but lost for private asteroid probe in deep space — 'the chance of talking with Odin is minimal'
AstroForge says there's no real hope of reestablishing contact with its Odin probe, the first private spacecraft ever to fly ...
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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AstroForge’s Odin Likely Lost in Space
The company’s Odin spacecraft was launched successfully on Feb. 26, but it soon encountered huge communication difficulties, ...
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'I think we all know that hope is fading.' Private Odin asteroid probe is tumbling in space
AstroForge's Odin asteroid probe, the box-shaped spaceraft at center right, is seen after launch beneath the private ...
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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 ...
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A tiny spacecraft is poised to launch on an unprecedented deep-space mission. The CEO behind it is ‘terrified’
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 ...
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"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 ...
Two moon missions touched down on the lunar surface. How they unfolded was a stark contrast
This week, follow the journeys of two lunar landers, meet “woolly mice,” see the oldest known bone tools, and more.
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Failure is an option. Here's why some new space ventures go sideways
It's been a "sub-nominal" few days in the spaceflight realm. California startup AstroForge announced that its deep space ...
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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 ...
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NASA's brand-new Lunar Trailblazer probe suffers glitch on way to the moon
Another probe that launched alongside Lunar Trailblazer appears to be in trouble. Astroforge, a private company that hopes to ...
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'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 on X early Saturday (March 1). "So we're going to keep our head up.