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Varda's first manufacturing capsule remains stuck in orbit after being denied a request to land in Utah. It's now eying Australia to prevent a repeat.

After struggling to land its first in-space manufacturing capsule in the U.S., Varda Space is now looking down under for future batches of space drugs to reenter through Earth’s atmosphere.

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“It’s always been in the plan, but we definitely accelerated this.”

The FAA says Varda launched its vehicle into space without a reentry license.

Sorry everyone, but the Sky Daddies say that Space Drugs can't come back to Earth just yet. As reported last week by TechCrunch, Varda Space — the 0ff-Earth drug manufacturer currently working to develop pharmaceuticals in a low-orbit space factory — has postponed its spacecraft's atmosphere-reentry plans, saying that neither the US Air Force (USAF) […]

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The Air Force and the FAA denied permission for Varda Space's capsule to return and land on Earth.

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The market for materials manufactured in space could reach $10 billion by 2030, according to an estimate from a McKinsey analyst.