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

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.

May 14, 2025

Varda's W-3 capsule lands successfully in South Australia

The company partnered with the US Air Force to test an advanced inertial measurement unit to advance scientific understanding of the high-hypersonic reentry environment.

May 8, 2025

An Update on Varda after W-2

Reflections on two early successes and a look towards the future.

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CNBC

Space start-up Varda, founded by SpaceX and Founders Fund veterans, aims to build factories in orbit

July 29, 2021

AXIOS

Varda Space raises $9 million for manufacturing in space

December 8, 2020

TechCrunch

Space manufacturing startup Varda, incubated at Founders Fund, emerges with $9 million in funding

December 8, 2020

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Varda Announcements

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

Varda's W-3 capsule lands successfully in South Australia

An Update on Varda after W-2

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Space start-up Varda, founded by SpaceX and Founders Fund veterans, aims to build factories in orbit

Varda Space raises $9 million for manufacturing in space

Space manufacturing startup Varda, incubated at Founders Fund, emerges with $9 million in funding

Varda in the News

This startup wants to make drugs in orbit. If it succeeds, it could transform the space economy

A plan to make drugs in orbit is going commercial

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’

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