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Varda Space Industries' first off-Earth manufacturing effort, a mission called W-1, is scheduled to land in northern Utah on Wednesday (Feb. 21).

Varda Space Industries first off-Earth manufacturing effort, a mission called W-1, is scheduled to land in northern Utah on Wednesday (Feb. 21).

OSIRIS-REx brought NASA double the sample it needed from asteroid Bennu.

After eight months in orbit and a good portion of that spent battling regulators, a spacecraft used to manufacture drugs off Earth is finally coming home — with its space-age pharmaceuticals in tow. Developed by Varda Space Industries, the W-Series 1 spacecraft was launched in June without a re-entry permit. The original aim was to […]

Varda Space Industries has received long-awaited approval from regulators to return its first spacecraft to Earth — and with it, a batch of pharmaceutical crystals manufactured on orbit. Varda’s Winnebago capsule has been stuck in limbo for months. The company launched the spacecraft on a SpaceX Transporter mission eight months ago, with the plan to return it back to Earth last July.

At long last, Varda Space has a license to bring back its orbiting drug manufacturing capsule, which was earlier barred from Earth reentry.

Space startup Varda received long-awaited approval from the Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday to return its first spacecraft.

Space startup Varda received long-awaited approval from the Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday to return its first spacecraft.

"Deep Space Station" is a lovely archaeological meditation on place in time, distance and space, and the marks we leave on the world.

A first look at materials from asteroid Bennu sparks speculation that the space rock was once part of an ancient, watery protoplanet