Varda Space launches its fifth mission, extends run of AFRL test flights

Published on November 28, 2025

W-5 is the newest spacecraft in the company’s “W-Series” of free-flying reentry vehicles designed to orbit Earth, conduct on-orbit processing and return space-made materials.

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