SpaceX has introduced a new website for Starfall, which enables affordable, routine access to a microgravity environment, providing unique opportunities for manufacturing, scientific research, and testing in low-Earth orbit. Starfall specs: • Payload capacity: 1,000 kg (2,205 lbs) • Payload power: 1 kW • Data interface: Ethernet • Mission duration: Customizable to payload requirements • Connectivity: Continuous via Starlink SpaceX says Starfall is for: • Biomedical Research: Developing advanced biomaterials, medical implants, stem-cell organoids, and replacement tissues. • Pharmaceutical Discovery: Growing more uniform protein and drug crystals in microgravity to accelerate drug development. • Materials Science: Manufacturing next-generation materials and semiconductors using the vacuum and microgravity environment of space. Website:

$SPCX just launched its second Starfall capsule designed to bring up to 1,000 kg of products manufactured in space back to Earth as commercial microgravity manufacturing begins to take shape. SpaceX already provides rockets that get these companies into orbit and could now capture the return trip too.

BREAKING: SpaceX has signed a Starfall mission deal with Luxembourg-based Space Cargo for Starship’s first commercial mission, planned for 2028 Space Cargo plans to fly the BentoBox system aboard Starfall, carrying and safely returning up to 1 ton of customer payloads from orbit

BREAKING: SpaceX secures another major Starship deal. Exolaunch has booked a 2029 Starfall mission on Starship to carry pharma, biotech and advanced-material research into microgravity and safely back to Earth. The Starship era is getting closer with every new deal.

BREAKING: Redwire's SpaceMD has announced its first commercial mission aboard SpaceX's Starfall spacecraft. The mission aims to accelerate pharmaceutical development and microgravity manufacturing in space. • Launch planned for 2028. • SpaceMD will fly 32 PIL-BOXes—the largest dedicated commercial microgravity research mission ever flown. • The mission will support pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and other in-space manufacturing research. "Space-based pharmaceutical development is reaching an inflection point," said SpaceMD CEO John Vellinger, highlighting the combination of Redwire's flight-proven microgravity payloads with SpaceX's transportation capabilities to expand research capacity and accelerate the development of life-changing therapies.

This morning, @SpaceX deployed their new spacecraft called Starfall for the first time. The disk-shaped reentry vehicle designed for returning payloads from low orbit (or suborbital flights) to Earth. • About 10 feet in diameter, 2.5 feet tall. • Aluminum and Carbon Fiber Construction • Up to 2,200 lb payload capacity • Parachute system for splashdown in the ocean • Compatible on Falcon 9 (and starship I think?) SpaceX can use Starfall for rapid, cost-effective return of high-value payloads from orbit, etc.