[Space]

AstroForge raised $40 million in Series A funding led by Nova Threshold with participation from 776, Initialized, Caladan, Y Combinator, Uncorrelated Ventures, and Vast’s Jed McCaleb. The asteroid mining startup plans to launch its Odin spacecraft around year-end and fly by an M-class (metal-rich) asteroid, followed by Vestri, a mission to touch down on an undisclosed asteroid in late 2025...

Earth monitoring satellite developer Muon Space secured $56.7 million in Series B funding led by Activate Capital with participation from Acme Capital, Costanoa and others...

SpaceX resumed Falcon 9 launches after receiving FAA clearance. The 7/27 launch was the first since an upper stage failure occurred on 7/11...

X-Bow Systems secured $70 million in Series B funding to expand production capabilities for its solid rocket motors...

Apex raised $95 million after its successful first Aries mission in March, led by XYZ Venture Capital and CRV, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Toyota Ventures, Point72 Ventures, and others.