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Asteroid Mining

11 organizations working in asteroid mining across the global space industry

AstroForge

operational
Huntington Beach, United States Est. 2022

AstroForge is developing asteroid mining technology to extract platinum group metals from near-Earth asteroids. The company launched its first test mi...

Leadership: Matt Gialich (CEO

Origin Space

operational
Nanjing, China Est. 2017

Origin Space is a Chinese company developing asteroid mining technologies. The company has launched technology demonstration missions and is developin...

Asteroid Mining Corporation

development
London, United Kingdom Est. 2016

Asteroid Mining Corporation, founded in 2016 and based in London, United Kingdom, is a space-resource company focused on the development of technologi...

Dereum Labs

development
Mexico City, Mexico Est. 2019

Dereum Labs is a Mexican space startup focused on lunar resource extraction and In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) technologies. The company has part...

Karman+

development
Denver, United States Est. 2021

Karman+ is developing technologies for space resource utilization and asteroid mining. The company focuses on extracting valuable materials from aster...

Offworld

development
Pasadena, United States Est. 2016

Offworld, founded in 2016 and based in Pasadena, California, is a robotics company focused on developing autonomous robotic systems for resource extra...

Planetoid Mines

development
Reno, United States Est. 2003

Planetoid Mines develops patented ISRU technology for lunar and asteroid mining. The company created the Lunar Mining and Manufacturing Rover capable ...

Leadership: Kevin DuPriest (Founder)

Tauri

development
San Francisco, United States Est. 2023

Tauri, founded in 2023 and based in San Francisco, is a space technology company focused on the emerging field of space mining. The company is develop...

TransAstra

development
Lake View Terrace, United States Est. 2015

TransAstra develops technologies for asteroid mining and space resource utilization. The company's Omnivore engine uses material found in space as pro...

Deep Space Industries

acquired
San Jose, United States Est. 2013

Asteroid mining company and propulsion developer. Comet water thrusters. Acquired by Bradford Space 2019. Transitioned to propulsion technology focus....

Planetary Resources

defunct
Redmond, United States Est. 2010

Pioneer asteroid mining company. Arkyd prospecting spacecraft. High-profile backers including Google executives. Acquired by ConsenSys 2018, later wou...