By Samanth Subramanian, Published by New Republic, 29 June 2026 Space exploration is a rapidly growing industry. But its goal is dominance, not discovery. Two versions of history began when, one fall night in 1957, a two-stage rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and deposited a Soviet satellite called
Varda Space Industries’ Winnebago 1 satellite now orbits, awaiting the go-ahead to return to earth. VARDA SPACE INDUSTRIES By Mark Harris, Published by IEEE Spectrum, 24 October 2023 Orbiting lab pioneers space-made medicines—and the red tape needed to land Five hundred kilometers above the Earth, a small spacecraft is waiting patiently
Companies see a host of benefits to manufacturing in space, including the lack of gravity and low temperatures. Photograph: Varda Space Industries By Alaina Demopoulos, Published by The Guardian, 25 September 2023 Tech companies see big benefits in making drugs, harvesting stem cells and growing crystals in ‘off-Earth’ conditions So
