Vast Space is a private American aerospace company established in 2021, with headquarters in Long Beach, California. It focuses on developing artificial gravity space stations, with the goal of enabling long-term human habitation in space. Vast is currently developing Haven-1, a commercial space station scheduled to launch in 2025 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, and Haven-2, a proposed successor to the International Space Station (ISS). Key partners include SpaceX, and they are targeting customers such as NASA, commercial researchers, and private astronauts.
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Vast will use the new funding to expand facilities, hire workers, and progress Haven-2.
Vast’s Series A financing round was led by Balerion Space Ventures and included IQT, the Qatar Investment Authority, Mitsui, MUFG, Nikon, Stellar Ventures, Space Capital, Earthrise Ventures, and company founder Jed McCaleb.
A.C. Charania, a former NASA chief technologist and advisor to Balerion, will join Vast’s board as part of the investment.
Vast’s Haven stations are engineered to provide access to microgravity research and in-space manufacturing.
Vast hopes to launch Haven-1 in 2027.
Max Haot is the CEO of Vast.
A.C. Charania, a Balerion adviser and former senior NASA official, will join Vast’s board.
Vast develops Haven-1, a low-Earth orbit commercial space station.
Vast took on $200 million in debt, bringing its total new funding to $500 million.
Balerion Space Ventures led Vast’s Series A funding round.
Vast’s total funding now exceeds $1 billion.
Development of Vast’s Haven-1 entered its integration phase in January.
Investors in Vast’s Series A round include In-Q-Tel, Qatar Investment Authority, Mitsui & Co. Ltd., MUFG, Nikon Corporation, Stellar Ventures, Space Capital, Earthrise Ventures, and Jed McCaleb.
Vast closed a $300 million Series A funding round to continue production of its Haven commercial space station.
Vast delayed the launch of its Haven-1 spacecraft from 2026 to Q1 2027.
Vast develops Haven-2, a proposed successor to the International Space Station after its scheduled retirement in 2030.
ESA signed an agreement with Vast in June 2024 that includes exploring potential access to Vast’s space stations for astronauts from ESA and its Member States.
Vast moved Haven-1 from structural qualification into final systems integration in January 2026.
Haven-1 serves as a commercial product, a NASA CLD bid instrument, and a team-building exercise for Vast.
Vast selected aluminum over stainless steel after parallel design studies in November 2023 and completed a trade study by March 2024.