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Varda Space Industries finally gets approval to bring its drug manufacturing spacecraft back to Earth
Varda Space's first in-space manufacturing capsule is coming back to Earth.
Varda Space Industries has received long-awaited approval from regulators to return its first spacecraft to Earth — and with it, a batch of pharmaceutical crystals manufactured on orbit. The company launched the spacecraft on a SpaceX Transporter mission eight months ago, with the plan to return it back to Earth last July. But Varda had been unable to secure the requisite regulatory authorizations to make a landing attempt, leaving the spacecraft stuck in orbit while the company worked with regulators to bring it home.
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