By The Conversation November 06, 2023 The cars, cellphones, computers, and televisions that people in the U.S. use every day require metals like copper, cobalt, and platinum to build. Demand from the electronics industry for these metals is only rising, and companies are constantly searching for new places on Earth to mine them. Scientists estimate … Continue reading NASA’s robotic prospectors are setting the stage for miners to follow someday
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NASA’s CAPSTONE satellite has gone dark
NASA’s CAPSTONE satellite breaks from Earth’s orbit and heads toward the Moon The cubesat is critical to the first Artemis mission. K. Holt @krisholt Daniel Rutter/NASA NASA’s grand plan to take humans back to the Moon for the first time in over half a century has taken another step forward. The 55-pound CAPSTONE (Cislunar … Continue reading NASA’s CAPSTONE satellite has gone dark