Planetary Resources

Space

Planetary Resources' Arkyd 100 satellite to let public take self-portraits from space

Planetary Resources announced on Wednesday its plans to launch a crowdfunded version of its Arkyd 100 space telescope satellite on Kickstarter that will allow donors to beam back self-portraits from space and even control the telescope.

Chris Lewicki and the Arkyd-100 prototype

Space

Planetary Resources shows off full-scale asteroid mining prototype

Planetary resources has revealed a full-scale prototype of its Arkyd-100 Low Earth Orbit spacecraft.

A replica of SpaceShipTwo on display at Farnborough Airshow (Photo: Mark Chivers/Virigin Galactic)

Aircraft

Richard Branson lays out roadmap to put satellites, and his kids, into space

Richard Branson today set out the roadmap for Virgin Galactic's immediate future by announcing plans to put small satellites into orbit.

Artists impression of an Arkyd-200 series interceptor passing a candidate asteroid for mining

Aircraft

Grand plans for asteroid mining unveiled by Planetary Resources

Planetary Resources, Inc. announces plans to remotely mine asteroids for water and precious metals.

Planetary Resources may be looking to start mining asteroids (Image: NASA)

Space

Is asteroid mining about to begin?

Planetary Resources, a company backed by some heavy hitters, appears to be aiming to establish asteroid mining operations in space.