Startup Still Attempting to Smuggle Orbital Drug Factory Back to Earth
Varda Space Industries' orbital drug manufacturing spacecraft is still stuck in orbit. But it may have found a future fix.
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Varda Space Industries' orbital drug manufacturing spacecraft is still stuck in orbit. But it may have found a future fix.
Last month, the US Air Force denied a request from a space drugs manufacturing startup to have its precious cargo, a spacecraft that has been growing crystals of an HIV drug in orbit since June, to land at a Utah training facility. Varda Space Industries' application for a commercial space license was also denied by […]
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.