Varda Autonomous Systems VP @wendyonthego discussed key innovations that made their first mission a success, focusing on pharmaceutical manufacturing in microgravity, on Spaceflight Mechanics at Cornell. The mission's success, highlighted by the flawless performance of processing hardware, marks a significant step towards establishing a pharmaceutical-manufacturing armada in orbit. This achievement, accomplished on the first try, was covered by @TheAlexKnapp at Forbes and signifies a potential shift in drug manufacturing practices, suggesting that certain drugs might be more efficiently produced in space. The results and a detailed scientific paper have been released, confirming the mission's positive outcome. Partnerships, such as the one with Firefly_Space co-developed by Northrop Grumman, are expanding access to space, further supporting Varda's vision.
Another step closer to manufacturing drugs in space!Β πͺ Congratulations, @VardaSpace! https://t.co/QGHoMgjYz0
Drum Roll Please. π₯π In partnership with @Firefly_Space, we're expanding access to #space with our co-developed Medium Launch Vehicle. https://t.co/YZSwHiupli #partnersinspace https://t.co/kszyB2UIzz
Varda successfully cooked drugs in space and brought them back down to Earth. The most impressive part? They did it on the first try. πΊπΈ https://t.co/Srr3qPE0l9
It might be easier to manufacture certain drugs in space than back on Earth. Varda just completed a test that takes us one step closer. Pretty cool development covered by @TheAlexKnapp https://t.co/PI10RRUIU3
We're releasing our mission 1 pharma results today!! We have a detailed scientific paper you can read through, or the one-liner is... Them space drugs cooked real good And thanks to @TheAlexKnapp @Forbes for covering our pre-print publication today https://t.co/X1TXfsWUXp https://t.co/76KgtMQf58
Weβre excited to share the results of our first pharmaceutical process in microgravity today. Our processing hardware performed flawlessly. Our mission is to now enable cost-effective high-cadence access to enable next-generation therapeutics. Our results and pre-print below:
Space. π Drugs. π Space drugs. VARDA https://t.co/W77zLEIEEb
Varda Autonomous Systems VP @wendyonthego discussed key innovations that made our first mission a success, and how the the tech will enable @VardaSpace to scale to a pharmaceutical-manufacturing armada in orbit on Spaceflight Mechanics at Cornell. https://t.co/oFCHRPQRnv