The wheels can handle relatively smooth asteroid terrain ... already applied for a patent for the prototype of this space mining robot. China plans to launch the Chang'e 7 probe around 2026 ...

China's first space mining robot has been developed by the China University of Mining and Technology recently. The space mining robot adopts a six-legged design, featuring three wheels and three ...

Several companies have already gotten a head start in preparing for asteroid mining missions. London-based company Asteroid Mining Corporation plans to send its SCAR-E robot to the moon in a future ...

Science fiction has popularized asteroid mining and cities in the sky, but could the future of mining be in cloud cities ...

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.

This multifunctional space mining robot is developed by a research team ... enabling traversal across uneven asteroid surfaces, the report said. Liu said they have achieved equivalent experiments ...

As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes awry, Josh Sims looks at how close we really are to extracting rare minerals from the many celestial bodies above us. Thirty years ago the ...

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 ...