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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.‍

May 8, 2025

An Update on Varda after W-2

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

Mar 15, 2025

Varda Announces Third Mission Launch, the Company's Second Launch this Year

Varda aims to have a monthly launch and reentry cadence, developing a foundation layer for a thriving orbital economy.

Feb 28, 2025

Varda Space Industries Makes History with the First Successful Commercial Space Reentry in Australia

The company's second capsule, W-2, returned to Earth safely at the Koonibba Test Range completing a dual-purpose mission with payloads from the Air Force and NASA.

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TechCrunch

Varda Space Industries will send its first space factory to orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket

October 11, 2021

Business Wire

Rocket Lab Inks Deal With Varda Space Industries to Supply Multiple Photon Spacecraft for Space Manufacturing Missions

August 11, 2021

CNBC

Rocket Lab and space factories start-up Varda sign deal for three spacecraft

August 11, 2021

TechCrunch

Varda Space Industries closes $42M Series A for off-planet manufacturing

July 29, 2021

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

An Update on Varda after W-2

Varda Announces Third Mission Launch, the Company's Second Launch this Year

Varda Space Industries Makes History with the First Successful Commercial Space Reentry in Australia

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Varda Space Industries will send its first space factory to orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket

Rocket Lab Inks Deal With Varda Space Industries to Supply Multiple Photon Spacecraft for Space Manufacturing Missions

Rocket Lab and space factories start-up Varda sign deal for three spacecraft

Varda Space Industries closes $42M Series A for off-planet manufacturing

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

Varda gets $251M to make medicines in space, a long-sought area for drugs

Dreams of making drugs and tissues in space get closer to reality

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

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