"Space-Grown Pharmaceuticals Safely Return to Earth for Analysis"
Originally Published 1 year ago — by ScienceAlert
Varda Space Industries' W-1 mission capsule, carrying antiviral drugs grown in microgravity, has returned to Earth from Low Earth Orbit. The company aims to develop pharmaceuticals and other products in space and return them to Earth via their proprietary reentry capsules, taking advantage of the declining cost of sending payloads to space. The drugs will undergo post-mission analysis, and the company is preparing for its second launch this summer, continuing its efforts in space manufacturing and microgravity research.