Space News: Exlabs/Antares Partner on Nuclear Spacecraft, Varda Space W-3 Mission & Gravitics Update

In this week’s space startup news, we have two US startups teaming up to develop a nuclear powered spacecraft. In our second story we cover Varda Space’s third mission blasting off on a SpaceX Transporter mission. And, lastly, we cover updates from Gravitics a space station module builder.

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00:00 Intro
00:32 Exlabs Teams Up with Antares
02:55 Varda Space's W-3 Mission Launches
04:24 Gravitics Update
06:31 Outro

Sources:

SpaceNews article: Exlabs and Antares to develop a nuclear-powered spacecraft for deep-space missions: https://spacenews.com/exlabs-and-antares-form-alliance-to-develop-nuclear-powered-spacecraft/

Varda Space's W-2 Mission Completes Successfully After a Landing in South Australia in February 2025: https://youtu.be/Pny11VKeX8U

Varda Space: https://www.varda.com

Exlabs: https://www.exlabs.space

Antares Industries: https://antaresindustries.com

Gravitics: https://www.gravitics.com