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