[Space]

ispace is set to launch its Hakuto-R lander Resilience to the Moon by December. Other lunar attempts include Firefly's Blue Ghost in November. and Intuitive Machines' IM-2 in December...

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn returns safely to Earth after astronauts successfully perform spacewalks; Boeing's Starliner Calypso capsule returned to Earth empty...

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...