Aerospace startup Varda Space Industries has published a video clearly demonstrating what the return of a space capsule from orbit to Earth looks like. The company's engineers attached a camera to the capsule, thanks to which everyone can literally observe the entire process from a first-person view, from separation from the carrier to entry into the atmosphere and subsequent landing.
The video was filmed during the return to Earth of the Varda W-1 capsule, which landed on February 21 at a military training ground in Utah, USA. The capsule spent about eight months in low Earth orbit, which is significantly longer than the company planned. The fact is that Varda had to wait a long time for regulatory approval to land the capsule in the United States.
“Here is a video of our capsule breaking through the atmosphere at a speed of Mach 25 (more than 30 thousand km/h), without rendering, only raw footage,” says the description of a short version of the video that appeared in Varda account on social network X. The full version of the 28-minute video was published on YouTube.
As for Varda's activities, it collaborated with Rocket Lab on its latest mission, during which the startup explored the possibility of creating pharmaceuticals in space. After the capsule returns to Earth, the company’s specialists will have to analyze the results of the work done in orbit in laboratory conditions.
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