The high risk venture by startup AstroForge aims at discovering if the 330 feet asteroid contains platinum and other metals as it passes by around 1kn away. The probe’s journey is likely to take ...

Athena carries multiple payloads, including the NASA-built Lunar Trailblazer probe and an AstroForge spacecraft. Lunar Trailblazer will map water distribution, while AstroForge’s spacecraft will ...

It will also deploy a NASA probe to map lunar water and an AstroForge spacecraft to search for asteroid metals. Elon Musk’s SpaceX is set to launch Intuitive Machines’ Athena, a lunar lander, towards ...

The engineer cofounded the bold California startup AstroForge in 2022 with the aim of hunting for precious metals in space, and he is all too aware that success is not guaranteed. And, quite ...

Another spacecraft will zoom towards the Moon, but it won’t be stopping there. Astroforge, founded in 2022, is seeking to become the first company to mine asteroids for precious minerals.

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 ...

Asteroid mining may seem like a concept from science fiction, but AstroForge, a California-based startup, is determined to make it a reality. Founded in 2022 by engineer and CEO Matt Gialich, the ...

Another is a microwave-size spacecraft developed by California-based startup AstroForge that will continue into deep space in the hopes of scouting an asteroid for precious metals. About one week ...