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 externally sources Haven-1’s solar arrays and thrusters.
Exobiosphere signed a contract with ESA to operate biotech experiments aboard Vast’s Haven-1 space station.
Exobiosphere is integrated into Vast’s Haven-1 space station, which is scheduled to fly next year.
The vast majority of companies that have contacted the Office of Space Commerce are supportive of the mission-authorization proposal.
Vast closed a $500 million funding round led by Balerion Space Ventures.
Nikon participated in Vast’s $500 million funding round.
Qatar Investment Authority participated in Vast’s $500 million funding round.
Mitsui participated in Vast’s $500 million funding round.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group participated in Vast’s $500 million funding round.
The Haven-1 hardware being assembled at Vast’s Long Beach facility is a full-scale station module.
Vast is integrating the Haven-1 space station at a Long Beach, California facility.
Vast, Axiom Space, and Starlab each submitted formal responses to a NASA Request for Information on the commercial market for their space station platforms.
Canada relies heavily on space-based assets such as the RADARSAT Constellation Mission to monitor vast northern territories.
Vast CEO Max Haot said the company believes it can be profitable if it receives half of today’s available utilization.
Vast recently raised approximately $500 million.
Vast won a NASA award in February for a private astronaut mission later in 2027.
Vast estimated that it would need 40% to 60% of NASA CLD development funding, one six-month NASA mission a year, and a 30-day mission from other customers to become profitable.
Vast plans to offer Haven-2 to NASA for the Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations program.
Vast is building Haven-1, a single-module space station.
The KH-9 HEXAGON reconnaissance satellite used film to scan vast areas of the Earth to detect new activities and count weapons systems.