Microgravity, on demand.
Microgravity unlocks biological, chemical, and physical processes that cannot be observed on Earth. With Varda, design experiments for orbit, then return your payload to Earth on a predictable timeline.
A broader future for research in orbit
The ISS proved the value of microgravity research, enabling discoveries that weren’t possible on Earth. Now, as more industries look off-Earth for critical R&D, the need is shifting toward greater access, faster timelines, and more flexible platforms.
Gravity hides what matters. Microgravity reveals it.
In microgravity, the rules change. Without the dominant force of gravity, new discoveries are possible.
Crystal growth
Structural changes in freefall
Advanced manufacturing & materials
New manufacturing techniques and novel materials unburdened by gravity
Biomedical research
Biological systems reveal hidden pathways
Free-flying orbital research. Returned to Earth.
Launch
Your payload is sent to orbit aboard commercial launch vehicles.
Run
Conduct autonomous experiments in a pristine microgravity environment.
Return
Recover your payload on Earth for rapid analysis.
Repeat
Iterate and fly again on Varda's next mission.
Microgravity research is already transforming critical industries.
Investigating Crystalline Protein Suspension Formulations of Pembrolizumab from MAS NMR Spectroscopy
Organs in orbit: how tissue chip technology benefits from microgravity, a perspective
A meta-analysis of semiconductor materials fabricated in microgravity
Effects of microgravity on human iPSC-derived neural organoids on the International Space Station
NASA's Cold Atom Laboratory: Five Years of Quantum Science Operations in Space
Your experiment doesn’t need to wait.
It can be scheduled now.
