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’s Mission Control Center in Long Beach executed a controlled deorbit maneuver of Haven Demo on February 4, 2026.
Vast is the first commercial space station company to design, manufacture, operate, and deorbit an entire spacecraft.
Vast corrected unexpected GPS data behavior caused by interference over conflict regions with software updates.
In January 2026, Vast began thruster firings to validate Haven Demo’s performance.
NASA awarded Vast Space its first Private Astronaut Mission to the International Space Station on Feb. 11.
Vast Space has committed more than $1 billion to Haven-1 before any Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations Phase 2 award.
Axiom closed a $350 million hybrid financing round co-led by Qatar Investment Authority and Type One Ventures on the same day NASA awarded Vast Space its first Private Astronaut Mission.
NASA awarded Vast Space and Axiom new Private Astronaut Mission missions in the same month.
Vast Space’s Haven-1 module is targeting a launch no earlier than early 2027.
Vast Space’s $500 million raise came predominantly from private investors rather than government funding.
On February 11, 2026, NASA awarded Vast Space its first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
The February 2026 award to Vast Space confirms that NASA’s Space Act Agreement-based contract model is being replicated beyond Axiom Space.
Prior to the February 11, 2026 award to Vast Space, Axiom Space held the private-astronaut seat across five consecutive awards.
Vast Space raised $500 million in private funding.
Vast Space’s Haven-1 module is on a launch manifest targeting no earlier than early 2027 and is not in orbit.
Elizabeth Sanchez Chang completed internships at Vast and Blue Origin.
Max Haot is the CEO of Vast.
The new financing will be used to expand Vast’s facilities, grow its team, and advance Haven-2, Vast’s proposed successor to the ISS.
Vast updated the Haven-1 schedule to Q1 2027 to allow for additional system-level environmental testing at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility.
The latest Vast financing includes $300 million in Series A equity and $200 million in debt.