Feb 25, 2024
See Varda Space’s private in-space manufacturing capsule’s historic return to Earth in photos
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, engineering, space travel
Varda plans to pioneer the use of orbital manufacturing spacecraft such as this capsule to open unique pathways for engineering materials in space. “Processing materials in microgravity, or the near-weightless conditions found in space, offers a unique environment not available through terrestrial processing,” the company’s website states.
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The recovery made Varda only the third private company to recover an intact spacecraft from orbit, after SpaceX and Boeing.