about dsi the team news from deep space blog for investors media library careers contact dsi select page asteroid mining explore space resources prospecting for space resources explore prospector 1 small spacecraft technology explore prospector x who we are deep space industries is an asteroid mining company developing the technologies to find harvest and supply the asteroid resources that will transform the space economy . dsi also delivers robust technology products for the most demanding space applications . high performance spacecraft components developed in support of asteroid mining enhance and enable innovative satellite missions in earth orbit . do you want to see what the future holds click below to watch the deep space industries introductory video and experience our vision for an unlimited future . learn more explore technology explore mining watch the video prospecting for resources on a near earth asteroid announcements mxspace to partner with asteroid mining firm deep space industries mexican commercial space company mxspace and international asteroid mining company deep space industries to sign historic agreement at the 67th international astronautical congress . the agreement will mark the beginning of an international partnership between the companies to promote the development of new commercial space technologies and business ventures . read more prospector 1 first commercial interplanetary mining mission deep space industries announced today its plans to fly the world s first commercial interplanetary mining mission . prospector 1 will fly to and rendezvous with a near earth asteroid and investigate the object to determine its value as a source of space resources . this mission is an important step in the company s overall plans to harvest and supply in space resources to support the growing space economy . read more deep space industries and sfl selected to provide satellites for hawkeye 360 s pathfinder mission deep space industries inc. has been selected by hawkeye 360 as the satellite provider for its pathfinder small satellite mini constellation . this is the first step towards the launch of the full commercial constellation of hawkeye 360 s space based radio frequency mapping and analytics system . read more deep space blog asteroid profile 101955 bennu it s called bennu . and scientists have been waiting for a long time to get their hands on it . scheduled for a september 8 launch nasa is set to embark on the first asteroid sample return mission in its history . their deep space explorer osiris rex is the third spacecraft in nasa s new frontiers program . the other two include the wildly successful new horizons mission to pluto last year and spacecraft juno s historic long term orbit of jupiter which began in august . read more asteroids are cold dead worlds as mankind endeavors to open the frontier of space and companies like deep space industries prepare for asteroid mining missions in the next few years concerns about environmental impact are being raised . so we asked dr. john s. lewis chief scientist at dsi about the realities of asteroid environments and the impact human activities will have on our near earth orbital companions . read more asteroid profile 2016 ho3 meet near earth asteroid 2016 ho3 . the newly discovered quasi satellite that nasa scientists say has been locked in a celestial dance with earth for more than a century and will continue to be for centuries to come . with a width of only 40 100 meters and an average distance from earth of 26.5 million kilometers this curious companion was detected on april 27 2016 by the pan starrs 1 asteroid survey telescope on haleakala hawaii operated by the university of hawaii s institute for astronomy and funded by nasa s planetary defense coordination office . read more in the news how to succeed in the asteroid business without really mining when most people think of asteroids they might think of phrases like civilization killer . or boring rock . but other people think business opportunity . a growing set of companies including deep space industries and planetary resources want to mine asteroids for all they re worth . after digging out materials like water and precious metals entrepreneurs can sell those commodities in space to the maybe burgeoning exploration industry and back on earth . read more deep space industries partners with luxembourg to test asteroid mining technologies deep space industries the asteroid mining company has signed a memorandum of understanding with the luxembourg government to co fund the development and launch of dsi s first spacecraft . known as prospector x the small spacecraft will test key technologies in low earth orbit that will be necessary for future asteroid prospecting . read more cnn dsi s rick tumlinson on asteroid mining & luxembourg tumlinson discusses luxembourg s recent announcement that the country will be investing in space resources from both a legal and economic perspective . cnn s nina dos santos interviews . read more more announcements more from our blog more dsi in the news prospector x prospector 1 and comet 1 are trademarks of deep space industries inc. all rights reserved . share this page facebook twitter linkedin google reddit gmail evernote stumble pinterest for print terms of use privacy statement blog news from deep space careers contact us get our newsletter media inquiries facebook twitter google designed by elegant themes powered by wordpress pin it on pinterest