Spinning through space: The astronomers watching the skies for asteroids
"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...
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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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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 ...
Moon lander from Intuitive Machines touches down, but apparently tips over
Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander is "alive," but it's not yet known what mission objectives can still be met.
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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.
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Private lunar lander may have fallen over while landing near Moon’s south pole
Intuitive Machines said it was uncertain whether its Athena lander was upright near the Moon’s south pole — standing 15 feet ...
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.
How to Watch Firefly’s Blue Ghost Attempt Its Historic Moon Landing
Firefly will be livestreaming the landing attempt on its YouTube page. The livestream will start at 2:20 a.m. ET on Sunday, ...
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Private lunar lander may have fallen over while touching down near the moon's south pole
Hours after the landing, Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus ... Two of them — NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer and AstroForge’s asteroid-chasing Odin — are in jeopardy. NASA said this week ...