His venture may seem far out, but asteroid mining CEO Matt Gialich has no illusions. The engineer cofounded the bold ...

A privately built spacecraft is tumbling aimlessly in deep space, with little hope of being able to contact its home planet.

AstroForge says there's no real hope of reestablishing contact with its Odin probe, the first private spacecraft ever to fly ...

A private space mission designed to push the boundaries of deep space exploration has encountered major technical failures ...

This week, follow the journeys of two lunar landers, meet “woolly mice,” see the oldest known bone tools, and more.

The first commercial spacecraft headed beyond the moon is on its way to deep space, but the mission is suffering from unknown ...

"I think we all know the hope is fading as we continue the mission," AstroForge founder Matt Gialich said in a video update ...

Within the span of a few days, another SpaceX Starship broke up on re-entry, and two other space companies faced failures.

A decade ago, news stories were aflutter about the wealth promised by asteroid mining companies. But things didn't quite work ...

OB5 is said to consist of raw materials that could be worth mining. The Odin probe is to take a closer look at the celestial ...

The Falcon 9 rocket, packed with exploratory payloads, is scheduled to blast off at 7:17 p.m. ET on Wednesday, February 26.

A day later, however, NASA shared that mission operators had lost communication with the spacecraft in the wee hours of ...