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Varda Space Industries

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Varda Space Industries

@VardaSpace

Varda is designing and building the infrastructure needed to make low Earth orbit accessible, from in-orbit production equipment to reliable reentry capsules.

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Joined September 2020

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Varda Space Industries
@VardaSpace
May 13
Varda believes humanity's first space-made product will be a pharmaceutical. Today we announced a research collaboration with United Therapeutics. Together we will explore the use of microgravity to develop improved formulations of medicines for rare pulmonary disease aboard
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Varda Space Industries
@VardaSpace
May 23
Last week, we announced a partnership with United Therapeutics that we believe will result in the first commercial products made in space. Read more from @techreview:
MIT Technology Review
@techreview
May 13
United Therapeutics is collaborating with Varda Space Industries to test pharmaceuticals in outer space. trib.al/XZC8zcL
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Varda Space Industries
@VardaSpace
May 22
After nearly a full year in orbit, our W-4 demo mission has come to an end after performing a disposal burn. Cheers to a great vehicle and a great set of data. The W-5 and W-6 missions were even better thanks to what we learned from W-4.
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Varda Space Industries
@VardaSpace
May 20
W-6 is back. This flight pushed on two fronts: autonomous hypersonic navigation and next-generation thermal protection systems. High-cadence reentry missions in repeatable conditions.
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Varda Space Industries
@VardaSpace
May 19
At 10:43 PM Pacific time today, the W-6 vehicle executed its final deorbit maneuver and reentered the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds for its roughly 20-minute descent. We are excited to announce that our sixth mission is officially home. Great catch @SouthernLaunch. Expect
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Varda Space Industries
@VardaSpace
May 13
Thanks for having us @BloombergTV
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Varda Space Industries
@VardaSpace
May 13
Replying to @VardaSpace
Varda flies regular missions to orbit and back; soon reentry will be as common as launch. Learn more about our research and our process:
Differentiated drug products enabled by microgravity • Varda Space Industries
From varda.com
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Varda Space Industries
@VardaSpace
May 13
Replying to @VardaSpace
Why do we take drugs to space? Microgravity gives us a fundamentally different environment to manufacture pharmaceuticals that would otherwise be impossible on Earth. Improved formulations made in microgravity could translate into several potential benefits: • Improved
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Varda Space Industries
@VardaSpace
Mar 30
W-6 has reached sun synchronous orbit. Stay tuned, the interesting part happens on the way back.
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Varda Space Industries
@VardaSpace
Mar 30
W-6 is now in orbit, and the Varda team continues the steady march toward routine, autonomous hypersonic reentry. Funded through the @AFResearchLab, W-6 carries two types of payloads: an interior autonomous system will determine the vehicle’s position during the GPS blackout on
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Varda Space Industries
@VardaSpace
Mar 29
Front and center. Godspeed, W-6!
SpaceX
@SpaceX
Mar 29
Our 16th Transporter rideshare mission is targeted to launch tomorrow from California and will deliver 119 payloads to orbit → spacex.com/launches/trans…
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Varda Space Industries
@VardaSpace
Mar 27
You know the drill. Watch Varda’s sixth mission launch on Transporter-16, live from SpaceX: spacex.com/launches/trans…
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Varda Space Industries
@VardaSpace
Feb 9
Look who's home
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