A spacecraft containing pharmaceutical drugs that were grown on orbit has finally returned to Earth today after more than eight months in space. Varda Space Industries’ in-space manufacturing capsule, called Winnebago-1, landed in the Utah desert at around 4:40 p.m. EST. Inside the capsule are crystals of the drug ritonavir, which is used to treat … Read more
In-space manufacturing startup Varda Space Industries will be landing its next spacecraft in Australia as it continues working with U.S. regulators to get its first mission approved for reentry in Utah, the company announced Thursday. The U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration rejected Varda’s application to land its first in-space manufacturing spacecraft … Read more
The U.S. Air Power denied a current request from Varda House Industries to land its capsule at a Utah coaching space, pushing again the startup’s plans to indicate off the fruits of its in-space manufacturing, TechCrunch has realized. The corporate can also be nonetheless awaiting a reentry license from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, a … Read more
NASA awarded new funding to eleven firms at the moment for superior area tech initiatives starting from superior energy technology on the lunar floor to additive manufacturing for area habitats. The awards, which complete $150 million throughout all eleven firms, had been introduced as a part of the area company’s Tipping Level program. In accordance … Read more