This brings down the cost of a follow-on space station, making Vast an even more attractive partner to NASA over other potential partners. Haven-1 is set to be in orbit no earlier than May 2026, ...

Vast's Haven-2 is a modular space station, similar to the International Space Station. Credit: Vast ...

Vast is a startup building commercial in-space habitation, research, and manufacturing facilities to serve NASA, ESA, DLR, and other government space agencies around the globe, driving demand for ...

Vast Space is taking big steps toward putting the first commercial space station in orbit. The California-based startup recently completed a major testing milestone for the qualification vessel of ...

The Vast Haven-1 space station is targeting August 2025. They will start with four cylindrical modules that can dock to one another to form one complete station. The first module of Haven-2 should be ...

Vast Space, one of several commercial firms vying to replace the International Space Station (ISS) following its planned deorbit at the end of the decade, this week signed key agreements that ...

NASA said Thursday it was postponing a launch of private astronauts to the International Space Station while it works with its Russian counterparts to investigate persistent leaks on the orbiting ...

Looking ahead even further, Vast has already unveiled its plans for Haven-2, a second module design that will dock with Haven-1 to increase the space station's capacity and capabilities.