This February, California-based asteroid mining startup AstroForge embarked on what it hoped would be one of the most important launches in history: the first commercial deep space mission.

Asteroid mining firms say mining for minerals on asteroids is just around the corner now, but not everyone is convinced (Credit: Getty Images) As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes ...

It may be possible, though, to someday launch asteroid mining missions from Mars’ orbit, as suggested by a 2022 study in Planetary and Space Science. In this study, researchers claim that a station ...

Asteroid mining missions may cost upwards of billions ... a moon of Mars, could be an ideal base of operations, potentially reducing exploration costs and granting easier access to the Main ...

The company's plan was to send its washing machine-sized spacecraft, dubbed Odin, to visit an asteroid millions of miles from Earth and scout it as a potential mining site. But mere hours after ...

The California-based space startup, which aims to mine near-Earth asteroids for metal, lost its Mission 1 and Mission 2 spacecraft before either could test the firm's mining technology.