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.