What Happened
Private Company Expands Space Pharmaceutical Factory Experiments
Varda Space Industries has launched three spacecraft as part of its ‘space pharmaceutical factory’ experiments, aiming to produce uniform anticancer drug crystals in microgravity. The company’s spacecraft carry mini-laboratories, and after experiments conclude, a capsule containing the samples detaches and returns to Earth. Varda plans to continue launching multiple unmanned space factories, with future missions planned. The company’s efforts were reported by Chosun.