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STRATFI awardee, Varda Space Industries, secured a four-year, $48 million Phase III contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to test military payloads on the company’s reentry capsules at hypersonic speeds. Their factory-in-orbit spacecraft satellite is engineered to produce high-value materials such as pharmaceuticals in zero-gravity conditions. The materials are returned to Earth in a capsule built with advanced thermal protection materials developed by NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration to withstand reentry. The new contract builds on Varda’s prior collaboration with the United States Air Force and their $60 million STRATFI contract to adapt its capsules for hypersonic testing. Learn more: https://ow.ly/4Wlc50UnR7h . . . #AFWERX #SpaceWERX #Ventures #STRATFI #hypersonic #spacecraft #satellite #pharmaceuticals #NASA #AFRL #innovation