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Varda Announcements

From low Earth orbit to the newsroom, read about Varda's latest breakthroughs as we expand the economic bounds of humankind.‍

Sep 8, 2025

Varda, LeoLabs, and Anduril demonstrate on-orbit maneuver tracking and AI-enabled software integration in advance of a hypersonic reentry

In a first joint demonstration, the companies showed how collaborations among innovative commercial companies can support complex space missions at speed.

Jul 10, 2025

Varda Announces $187 million in Series C Funding to Make Medicines in Space

The El Segundo-based start-up is building infrastructure to support manufacturing in microgravity and test hypersonic reentry technologies.

Jun 23, 2025

Varda Space Industries Launches W-4 with the FAA's First-Ever Reentry Vehicle Operator License and Debuts an In-House Satellite Bus

The company's fourth mission will focus on demonstrating its new satellite bus, an in-house heatshield, and solution-based pharmaceutical processing.

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Yahoo Finance

Varda Space is utilizing microgravity for pharmaceutical research

June 27, 2024

Pharma Technology Focus

Q&A: Pharmaceutical discovery through a gravitational lens

May 22, 2024

Wall Street Journal

Is Space the Next Manufacturing Frontier?

May 22, 2024

Pharma Technology Focus

Interview with Mark Herbert, Varda's VP of Biopharma Business Development

May 11, 2024

Payload

Drugs in Space, with Will Bruey & Delian Asparouhov

April 23, 2024

Are We There Yet - Podcast

The future of pharmaceuticals in space

April 9, 2024

Wall Street Journal

Varda Gets $90 Million to Launch Factories Into Space

April 5, 2024

Forbes

This Startup Is One Step Closer To Making Drugs In Space

March 20, 2024

Phys.org

Space company develops centrifuge to test impact of gravity on crystalline-structured drug molecules

March 14, 2024

Wall Street Journal

Varda Hopes New Research Draws More Drugmakers to Space Factories

March 12, 2024

NASA

NASA Helps Emerging Space Companies ‘Take the Heat’

March 7, 2024

Space.com

Watch this private Varda Space capsule's blistering return to Earth in amazing onboard video

March 3, 2024

Ars Technica

Varda’s drug-cooking Winnebago will be remembered as a space pioneer

February 28, 2024

The New York Times

Great Space Images From February

February 27, 2024

Interesting Engineering

First-ever space-made HIV drug crystals touch down Earth near Utah

February 22, 2024

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Varda Announcements

Varda, LeoLabs, and Anduril demonstrate on-orbit maneuver tracking and AI-enabled software integration in advance of a hypersonic reentry

Varda Announces $187 million in Series C Funding to Make Medicines in Space

Varda Space Industries Launches W-4 with the FAA's First-Ever Reentry Vehicle Operator License and Debuts an In-House Satellite Bus

More coverage

Varda Space is utilizing microgravity for pharmaceutical research

Q&A: Pharmaceutical discovery through a gravitational lens

Is Space the Next Manufacturing Frontier?

Interview with Mark Herbert, Varda's VP of Biopharma Business Development

Drugs in Space, with Will Bruey & Delian Asparouhov

The future of pharmaceuticals in space

Varda Gets $90 Million to Launch Factories Into Space

This Startup Is One Step Closer To Making Drugs In Space

Space company develops centrifuge to test impact of gravity on crystalline-structured drug molecules

Varda Hopes New Research Draws More Drugmakers to Space Factories

NASA Helps Emerging Space Companies ‘Take the Heat’

Watch this private Varda Space capsule's blistering return to Earth in amazing onboard video

Varda’s drug-cooking Winnebago will be remembered as a space pioneer

Great Space Images From February

First-ever space-made HIV drug crystals touch down Earth near Utah

HIV drugs manufactured in space return to Earth

Varda in the News

NASA Heat Shield Technology Enables Space Industry Growth

Varda says it has proven space manufacturing works — now it wants to make it boring

Gizmodo Science Fair: A Satellite That Makes Drugs in Space

Tech Companies Show Off for Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’

Space-Medicines Startup Varda Nabs $187 Million Financing

Why the future of pharma is off-planet | A live conversation with Varda founder Will Bruey

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