NASA delays launch of newest space telescope to search for life’s key ingredients
NASA is delaying the launch of the SPHEREx telescope to uncover the ingredients for life in our galaxy, as well as the PUNCH ...
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Tucked Away In The Payload Bay Of The Most Recent SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Is A Private Spacecraft That Aims To Mine Minerals From Asteroids In Deep Space
Just after 7pm on February 26th, 2025, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted into space from its launch spot at Cape Canaveral.
Severely damaged SpaceX Falcon 9 booster arrives at Port Canaveral after post-landing fire
The landing legs stuck up in the air and the melted rocket body hung off the side of the drone ship — making the first-stage booster nearly unrecognizable to casual observers. The only tell-tale signs ...
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.
The first private asteroid mission probe is probably lost in deep space
California startup AstroForge launched a spacecraft dubbed Odin on February 26, but the team lost communication with it ...
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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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Private Spacecraft Disappears 300,000 KM Away from Earth—Engineers Baffled by Sudden Loss
A private space mission designed to push the boundaries of deep space exploration has encountered major technical failures ...
US firm targets Moon landing with drill, rovers, hopping drone
Athena is targeting highland terrain about 100 miles (160 kilometers) from the moon's south pole, where it will deploy three ...
Controllers getting no response from Lunar Trailblazer orbiter or Odin asteroid mining probe
As for AstroForge's Odin asteroid-mining scout, unfortunately, like the Lunar Trailblazer, Odin has also fallen out of ...
NASA just lost yet another one of its low-cost planetary missions
Since the Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft launched in late February as a rideshare spacecraft along with a Falcon 9 launch, NASA has been providing a series of increasingly worrisome updates about the ...
Space Pioneer At A Discount: The Cautious Case For Rocket Lab Now
Rocket Lab has corrected 33% since my original analysis, now trading at $18.73 within my fair value range of $16-18. See why ...
NASA's two stuck astronauts are finally closing in on their return to Earth after 9 months in space
NASA’s two stuck astronauts are just a few weeks away from finally returning to Earth after nine months in space.