Daniel Fischer<p>In a landmark moment for the Australian space sector, <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Varda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Varda</span></a> Space Industries has successfully returned its Winnebago-2 (W-2) capsule to Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range in South Australia: <a href="https://www.space.gov.au/news-and-media/world-first-historic-space-return-lands-in-australia" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">space.gov.au/news-and-media/wo</span><span class="invisible">rld-first-historic-space-return-lands-in-australia</span></a> - the successful Earth re-entry and landing of the W-2 capsule marks not only the first commercial return on Australian soil, but also the first commercial return to a commercial spaceport anywhere in the world.</p>