WASHINGTON — Planetary Resources, the billionaire-backed Seattle startup planning to mine asteroids for water and precious metals, is seeking $700,000 from NASA to build a prototype of the ...

Arkyd-6, launched in January, has successfully tested a number of key technologies Planetary Resources plans to use on future asteroid prospecting missions. Credit: Planetary Resources CAMBRIDGE, Mass ...

An artist’s conception shows the Arkyd-301 spacecraft, which was destined to start blazing a trail for asteroid prospecting in 2020. (Planetary Resources Illustration) It’s been months since Planetary ...

The world might not have flying cars or hoverboots quite yet, but if you need proof of how far humanity has come technologically, just remember that asteroid mining is totally a thing now. Planetary ...

Planetary Resources, Inc., the asteroid mining company, announced today that it has secured US$21.1 million in Series A funding. The capital will be used to deploy and operate Ceres, an advanced Earth ...

An artist’s view shows one of Planetary Resources’ telescopes in orbit. (Credit: Planetary Resources) Planetary Resources says it will start ramping up an international asteroid-mining subsidiary in ...

Planetary Resources, Inc., the asteroid mining company, announced today that it has finalized a 25 million euro agreement that includes direct capital investment of 12 million euros and grants of 13 ...

Redmond satellite company Planetary Resources has signed a deal with German pharmaceutical giant Bayer to make use of satellite data on crop growth. Bayer plans to buy relevant satellite pictures from ...

Yesterday, asteroid mining startup Planetary Resources announced that it had raised $21 million in a Series A funding round. The company also announced that it's going to be offering a new Earth ...

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Here’s a match made in…I don’t know, somewhere on the blockchain, I guess. Pioneering space startup Planetary Resources was acquired by, of all things, a blockchain firm this week. ConsenSys, a ...