Event Date:
Friday August 7, 2026, at 10:30 AM EST.
Location:
National Press Club
529 14th Street, N.W., Washington, DC
Frank Holeman Lounge, 13th Floor.
Note: Lounge entrance located on 14th St
RSVP: Your RSVP is required to attend. Please RSVP by emailing [email protected]
Following the public announcement of SpaceMD’s first commercial Starfall mission with SpaceX, Redwire will host an in‑depth industry event to discuss how this milestone marks a transformational moment for biotech, in-space manufacturing, and the emerging space-enabled economy. Public and private sector leaders as well as trailblazing researchers will describe how microgravity can transform both the space and pharmaceutical / biotech fields.
Speakers Include:
- Mike Gold, President, Redwire Space
- John Vellinger, CEO, SpaceMD
- Taylor Jordan, Director, Office of Space Commerce
- Gabriel Swiney, Deputy Director, Office of Space Commerce
- Paul Reichert, Former Principal Investigator, Merck Research Laboratories
- Catriona Jamieson, MD, PhD, Founder and Board Member, Aspera Biomedicines
- John Thompson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Space and Environment, Department of State
The event will also be livestreamed via Redwire’s YouTube channel.
