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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 18, 2026
Varda Space Industries Successfully Reenters W-6, Validating Autonomous Navigation and Advanced Thermal Protection Systems
The reentry capsule carried payloads from NASA and other government partners to advance autonomous hypersonic navigation and next-generation thermal protection systems.
May 13, 2026
Varda Space Industries and United Therapeutics Collaborate to Advance Microgravity-Enabled Treatments for Rare Pulmonary Disease
Varda Space Industries today announced a collaboration with United Therapeutics Corporation to explore the use of microgravity to develop improved formulations of treatments for rare pulmonary disease. The research collaboration will be the first ever to focus on space-based drug formulation that could result in therapies for patients.
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Interesting Engineering
The 'world's first space factory' has successfully been deployed
June 13, 2023
CNN Business
Forget space tourism. This company wants to make drug manufacturing the next big extraterrestrial business
June 12, 2023
Space News
U.S. Air Force to test hardware at hypersonic speeds on Varda's space capsules
March 21, 2023
CNBC
Space factory startup Varda secures NASA partnerships ahead of demo flight next year
August 5, 2022
Business Wire
Varda Space Industries Orders Fourth Photon Spacecraft from Rocket Lab to Enable In-Space Manufacturing
May 24, 2022
Space News
Varda Space selects SpaceX for launch of first space manufacturing satellite
October 11, 2021
TechCrunch
Varda Space Industries will send its first space factory to orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
October 11, 2021
