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 won its first NASA private astronaut mission in February 2026.
Vast's first NASA private astronaut mission is scheduled to fly in summer 2027.
Vast’s flight suit uses flexible material to allow full mobility.
Vast has introduced the Vast Astronaut Flight Suit.
Axiom Space and Vast submitted feedback on NASA's proposed CLD changes.
Vast’s flight suit can be worn as separate jacket and pants or zipped together as a traditional flight jumpsuit.
Vast will custom-tailor the flight suit to each astronaut and include a unique mission patch and Vast flight wings.
Vast’s flight suit includes pockets and Velcro fasteners to keep tools within reach in microgravity.
Vast unveiled a flight suit for astronauts who will fly missions aboard its Haven-1 station and on its private astronaut mission to the ISS.
The Vast Astronaut Flight Suit was built with a human-centric design and developed with spaceflight experts.
Camille Bergin built the marketing organization at Vast Space during the company’s early growth phase.
The Haven-1 flight primary structure is undergoing Phase 1 integration at Vast’s Long Beach headquarters.
Vast concluded its Haven Demo mission on February 4, 2026.
Vast Mission Control Center in Long Beach, California confirmed the controlled deorbit of Haven Demo on February 4, 2026.
Beginning in 2028, Vast plans to launch Haven-2 modules every six months.
Vast says it is roughly 40% of the way to delivering a continuously crewed space station.
Haven Demo was Vast’s in-space testbed for Haven-1 and future station technologies.
Vast tested Haven Demo’s guidance, navigation and control, flight computers, data networks, radio communications, and Impulse Space’s Saiph thrusters in orbit.
Vast says Haven Demo completed about 40% of the path toward delivering an orbital station with continuous crew capability.
Haven-1 is Vast’s first commercial pressurized module and is scheduled to be ready for launch in the first quarter of 2027.