Day: January 31, 2025

A U.S. asteroid-mining company has announced the target space rock for its upcoming test mission. California-based AstroForge has identified asteroid 2022 OB5 as the destination for its Mission 2 spacecraft, named Odin, which is set to launch next month, SpaceNews reports. The Odin spacecraft will be flying as a secondary payload aboard a SpaceX Falcon …

Space Mining Company AstroForge Identifies Asteroid Target For Odin Launch Next Month. Read More »

Two NASA astronauts working outside of the International Space Station on Thursday (Jan. 30) were able to finally remove a faulty radio communications unit, succeeding where two previous spacewalks had been unsuccessful. The extended work needed to free the radio frequency group (RFG) by Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore came at a cost, …

NASA Astronaut Suni Williams Sets New Record On 5.5-Hour Spacewalk Outside ISS. Read More »

The world’s leading rocket launch provider and a California-based space startup are teaming up to solicit research proposals for experiments that will fly aboard the first-ever commercial space station, slated to liftoff later this year. Vast Space is scheduled to launch the Haven-1 space station to orbit this August. The single-module station will launch on …

SpaceX And Vast Want Ideas For Science Experiments On Dragon Spacecraft And Haven-1 Space Station. Read More »