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Development activities for larger space station modules will take place under Vast’s Space Act Agreement with NASA.
Vast is collaborating with NASA on technologies and operations required for microgravity and artificial gravity stations, including the Haven-1 commercial destination and the first crewed mission called Vast-1.
Vast selected Impulse Space to provide the Haven-1 space station propulsion system.
Vast-1 is the first crewed mission to Haven-1 and will dock with Haven-1 for 30 days while orbiting the Earth using a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
Impulse Space will work with Vast to integrate the propulsion system as a key subsystem of Haven-1.
Vast selected Impulse Space to provide the Haven-1 space station propulsion system.
Vast partnered with multiple subsystem suppliers to increase the likelihood of meeting its Haven-1 launch timeline.
Vast received a CCSC-2 agreement to support its plans, announced in May, for the Haven-1 module and crewed missions to that module.
Vast selected Impulse Space to provide the propulsion system for the Haven-1 space station.
Vast is a startup funded by cryptocurrency billionaire Jed McCaleb that revealed plans in September 2022 to build large spinning space stations capable of generating artificial gravity.
Vast acquired Launcher, a small launch vehicle company, in February 2023 to use its technology on future Vast space stations.
Vast’s Haven-1 is a single-module space station designed to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 and support visits by four-person crews aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for up to 30 days at a time.
Jed McCaleb has an estimated net worth of $2,400,000,000 and committed in a 2023-05-24 court filing to provide up to $300,000,000 for Vast, and he intends to fund at least the initial phases of Vast’s operations privately.
Launcher, a launch vehicle company acquired by Vast in February, bid $2,700,000 for Virgin Orbit’s lease on a test site in Mojave, California along with machinery, equipment, and inventory there.
Launcher discontinued plans to build a launch vehicle after its acquisition by Vast but will continue work on the E-2 rocket engine and plans to offer the engine to other customers.
Vast’s long-term goal is to develop a 100-meter-long multi-module spinning artificial gravity space station launched by SpaceX’s Starship transportation system.
VAST-1 will fly to Haven-1 in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft launched by a Falcon 9 rocket.
Vast will explore conducting the world’s first spinning artificial gravity experiment on a commercial space station with Haven-1.
Vast-1 is the first human spaceflight mission to Haven-1 and will use a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
Vast-1 is the first human spaceflight mission to Haven-1 and will use a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.