The world's first private spaceraft built to visit an asteroid is slowly tumbling in space and the outlook is dire. The ...
They believe that 2022 OB5 is an M-type, a class of asteroids comprising 5 percent of known space rocks that may have a high amount of metal. The analysis of the asteroid has not yet been published.
The 265-pound (120 kilograms) Odin was only designed to last 2.5 hours on its internal battery ... The Odin mission is a scouting effort to fly by asteroid 2022 OB5 to record images and data ...