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For the moment, NASA indicates that the spacecraft's next targets are to encounter the asteroid Eurybates in August 2027, which will also involve an encounter with its satellite Queta.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission traveled to the ... out what sort of metals are out there.” For now, commercial asteroid mining operations are science fiction – not to mention legally fraught.

WASHINGTON, May 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will host a live Twitch event to highlight the ongoing Moon Mascot Challenge, which invites the public to design a zero gravity indicator for the agency's ...

“The maze of bureaucracy, red tape and duplicative processes holding back our economy means that a single mining project can take 15 years to be approved,” he said. “In the face of current ...

NASA's eight-rotor Dragonfly drone just finished a crucial test, which confirmed the spacecraft's design and will allow the project to move forward with full-scale fabrication of the spacecraft ...

Critics of a mining project that’s long stirred political debate in the Southeast Alaska town of Haines are celebrating an announcement that the development is on the market — just months ...

At 950 feet in diameter, the asteroid is about the size of a typical stadium, or three football fields. The Virtual Telescope Project plans ... which NASA compares to the size of a stadium ...