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Vast Space has never flown a space station.
Vast Space’s $500 million raise came predominantly from private investors rather than government funding.
Elizabeth Sanchez Chang completed internships at Vast and Blue Origin.
The Vast-1 mission will ferry a crew of four aboard a SpaceX Dragon for a 30-day stay focused on materials science and biotechnology.
Vast Space raised $500 million in new funding on March 9, 2026.
Vast was founded in 2021.
Vast uses a vertically integrated manufacturing model that reduced primary structure manufacturing costs by 10x compared to traditional aerospace programs.
Jed McCaleb, Vast founder and first investor, participated in the $500 million financing round.
Max Haot is the CEO of Vast.
Vast raised $500 million to help advance its commercial space stations.
The Qatar Investment Authority, IQT, Mitsui & Co., MUFG, and Nikon Corporation participated in Vast Space’s financing round.
Vast has been funded privately to date.
Vast has flown, operated, and deorbited Haven Demo as part of its engineering validation activities.
The latest Vast financing includes $300 million in Series A equity and $200 million in debt.
Haven-2 is Vast’s primary bid for NASA’s Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations Phase 2 program.
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 aims to support continuous crew operations by 2030.
Vast is currently integrating Haven-1, which is scheduled to be the world’s first commercial space station.
Balerion advisor A.C. Charania, former Chief Technologist for NASA, will join the Vast board as part of the transaction.
Jed McCaleb, founder and first investor of Vast Space, participated in the financing round.