"Varda will occupy a 205,443-square-foot industrial and office campus at 2031 E. Mariposa Ave., which will give it additional capacity to manufacture spacecraft at scale, the company said. Originally built in the 1940s as an aircraft facility, the complex has a history as part of aerospace and defense industries that have long shaped the South Bay and is near a host of major defense and space contractors."
"Varda makes automated labs that look like cylindrical desktop speakers, which it sends into orbit in capsules and satellite platforms it also builds. There, in microgravity, the miniature labs grow molecular crystals that are purer than those produced in Earth's gravity for use in pharmaceuticals."
"Varda co-founder and Chief Executive Will Bruey is a former SpaceX avionics engineer, and the company's spacecraft are launched on SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rockets from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County."
Varda Space Industries, a pharmaceutical processing company operating in Earth's orbit, is expanding its operations by leasing a large industrial facility in El Segundo's aerospace corridor. The 205,443-square-foot campus will serve as an extension of the company's existing headquarters and enable spacecraft manufacturing at scale. Originally constructed in the 1940s as an aircraft facility, the complex maintains its aerospace heritage in a region historically shaped by defense and space industries. Varda, founded by former SpaceX avionics engineer Will Bruey, creates automated laboratories that operate in microgravity to produce purer molecular crystals for pharmaceutical applications. The company launches its spacecraft using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets and maintains contracts with pharmaceutical companies and military organizations.
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